# Staff Product Engineer - Physical Verification

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: employee
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

Synopsys software engineers are key enablers in the world of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), developing and maintaining software used in chip design, verification and manufacturing.

As a Staff Product Engineer - Physical Verification, you will work directly with semiconductor companies building the next generation of chips, and what you deliver will determine whether they tape out on time or spend another month in verification hell.

**Responsibilities**

- Review customer and foundry specifications to develop, enhance, and maintain ICV rule decks and methodologies for DRC, LVS, PERC, ESD, and other physical verification requirements

- Serve as the primary technical interface between customers, foundries, R&D, and product engineering teams to translate requirements, drive feature implementation, and resolve complex verification issues

- Lead project planning and execution by aligning resources, schedules, risks, and deliverables to achieve high-quality releases and meet customer tapeout milestones on time

- Drive continuous improvement of tools, runsets, and verification methodologies through automation, scripting in Python, TCL, Perl, or Shell, and scalable development frameworks

- Provide technical leadership by making architectural decisions, proposing solutions for advanced node and 3DIC challenges, conducting technical reviews, and mentoring team members

- Conduct technical presentations, workshops, training sessions, and product demonstrations to promote best practices and advanced verification methodologies to customers and foundries

- Collaborate across Synopsys product teams to evaluate, validate, and deploy new ICV features that enhance runset quality, improve productivity, and ensure interoperability across the signoff ecosystem

**Requirements**

- BSc in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with at least 9 years of relevant experience, or MSc with at least 7 years of experience

- Thorough understanding of physical verification and hands-on experience with at least one physical verification tool like ICV, Calibre, PVS (Pegasus), or other ESD tools

- Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in runset development for DRC, LVS, PERC, or ESD across multiple process nodes

- Excellent proficiency in Python, Perl, Shell, or TCL scripting language for automation and verification flow development

- Understanding of customer requirements from a physical design perspective, including layout, timing closure, and signoff constraints

- Hands-on experience with software development processes including project planning, version control systems like Git, and bug tracking tools

- Excellent teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across global teams and time zones

**Benefits**

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family

- Time away: company holidays, ETO and FTO Programs

- Family support: maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more

- ESPP: purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back

- Retirement plans: save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country

- Competitive salaries

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Verification
- ICV
- Calibre
- PVS (Pegasus)
- Python
- Perl
- Shell
- TCL
- DRC
- LVS
- PERC
- ESD

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