# Field Application Security IP, Staff Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $112000-$168000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

You are a seasoned engineering professional with a passion for hardware security and helping customers solve complex system architecture challenges. You will lead customer-facing technical engagements throughout the sales cycle, including technical discovery, architecture discussions, product demonstrations, evaluations, and definition of success criteria.

## Responsibilities

- Lead customer-facing technical engagements throughout the sales cycle, including technical discovery, architecture discussions, product demonstrations, evaluations, and definition of success criteria.

- Act as the technical lead for security IP opportunities, helping customers understand how Synopsys solutions address their security and architecture requirements.

- Guide customers in evaluating and selecting Security IP solutions including cryptographic accelerators, Root of Trust solutions, Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), and interface security technologies.

- Engage directly with system architects, security teams, hardware designers, firmware developers, and technical management to understand customer objectives and constraints.

- Develop differentiated technical solutions that position Synopsys Security IP as the preferred choice for customer programs.

- Deliver technical workshops, presentations, and demonstrations that communicate both technical value and competitive differentiation.

- Collaborate closely with account teams to define technical strategy for strategic opportunities and customer engagements.

- Work with product management and R&D teams to communicate customer requirements, market trends, competitive intelligence, and enhancement requests.

- Represent Synopsys at industry events, conferences, customer workshops, and technical forums.

- Contribute to internal technical enablement, best practices, and knowledge sharing across the Applications Engineering organization.

## Requirements

- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.

- 5+ years of experience in semiconductor IP, ASIC/SoC development, embedded systems, hardware security, or related technical fields.

- Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.

- Experience discussing technical solutions with architects, designers, engineering management, and executive stakeholders.

- Understanding of semiconductor design methodologies and SoC development processes.

- Ability to understand complex customer requirements and translate them into practical technical solutions.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to travel as required to support customer engagements.

## Preferred Experience

- Applied cryptography

- Hardware security architecture

- Secure boot and Root of Trust technologies

- Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF)

- Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

- Embedded processors and firmware

- Security certification and compliance concepts

- Security protocol implementations

- Semiconductor IP business models and technical sales

## What You'll Achieve

- Drive adoption of Synopsys Security IP solutions across strategic semiconductor and systems customers.

- Enable customers to build secure products by helping them navigate increasingly complex security and compliance requirements.

- Influence key architecture decisions that position Synopsys technologies at the center of customer security strategies.

- Strengthen customer relationships by serving as a trusted advisor for hardware security and system architecture discussions.

- Improve the competitiveness of Synopsys Security IP through direct engagement with customers and communication of market requirements.

- Contribute to revenue growth by providing technical leadership throughout the sales process and helping customers confidently select Synopsys solutions.

- Help establish Synopsys as the industry leader in semiconductor security and trust technologies.

## Benefits

No benefits mentioned.

### Team

You will join a global Applications Engineering team focused on Security IP solutions for advanced semiconductor and systems customers. The team works closely with Sales, Product Management, Marketing, and R&D to help customers address evolving security requirements and successfully adopt Synopsys security technologies.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- semiconductor IP
- ASIC/SoC development
- embedded systems
- hardware security

### Nice to have
- Applied cryptography
- Hardware security architecture
- Secure boot and Root of Trust technologies
- Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF)
- Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
- Embedded processors and firmware
- Security certification and compliance concepts
- Security protocol implementations
- Semiconductor IP business models and technical sales

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