# Senior R&D Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior R&D Engineer to work in Canonsburg, PA, and various unanticipated locations. As a Senior R&D Engineer at Synopsys, you will improve and enhance our Non-Linear solution procedure, Non-linear transient dynamics, and contact mechanics algorithms. You will perform R&D in GPU acceleration for nonlinear finite element analysis procedure including contact modeling. You will also work on performance improvement and memory reduction under HPC environments.

Responsibilities:

- Improve and enhance Non-Linear solution procedure, Non-linear transient dynamics, and contact mechanics algorithms

- Perform R&D in GPU acceleration for nonlinear finite element analysis procedure including contact modeling

- Work on performance improvement and memory reduction under HPC environments

- Design, code, test, document, implement, and maintain software components and systems

- Contribute to and learn from the full software stack (API design, database implementation, parallel programming, etc.)

- Perform moderately complex bug verification, release testing, and beta support

- Investigate problems discovered by QA or product support and develop solutions

- Work under the general supervision of a development manager

- Participate in planning, architecture, and research

Minimum Qualifications:

- PhD or foreign equivalent in Mechanical, Structural, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study, one (1) year of experience in a related position

- Alternate Acceptable Education and Work Experience Requirement: Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical, Structural, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study, and three (3) years of experience in a related position; or a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical, Structural, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study and five (5) years of experience in a related position

- Work experience or academic coursework must have included:

- Experience with contact mechanics, transient dynamics, and finite element coding experience

- Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment

- Knowledge and commercial experience with object-oriented design, scripting languages, data structures, and algorithms

- Experience with Python and C/C++, and Fortran

Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans

- Time away programs (ETO and FTO)

- Family support (maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance)

- ESPP (purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount)

- Retirement plans

- Competitive salaries

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Contact Mechanics
- Transient Dynamics
- Finite Element Analysis
- GPU Acceleration
- Python
- C/C++
- Fortran
- Object-Oriented Design
- Scripting Languages
- Data Structures
- Algorithms

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