Senior Staff Hardware Engineer, Signal and Power Integrity

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and verification to ensure the efficiency and reliability of semiconductor products. These engineers play a crucial role in advancing technology and enabling innovations in various industries.

You have spent years deep in the physics of high-speed signaling, where a trace width or a via placement can mean the difference between a chip that works and one that doesn't. Signal and power integrity is not an afterthought for you, it is the foundation, and you have learned that the best IP designs are the ones where SI/PI constraints shape architecture from day one, not get bolted on at tape-out.

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive SI/PI compliance and sign-off for UCIe IP as a core member of the design team, ensuring the IP meets spec across packaging technologies and customer use cases
• Run SI/PI feasibility studies for current and next-generation UCIe IP using SPICE simulation, 3D electromagnetic field solvers, and power-aware co-simulation tools
• Build and continuously improve SI/PI analysis flows and sign-off methodologies that support both internal design validation and customer adoption
• Define layout constraints for UCIe interfaces across 2D and 2.5D packaging technologies, translating simulation results into actionable design rules
• Develop SI/PI application notes, design guidelines, and reference materials that help customers implement UCIe IP successfully in their own systems
• Collaborate with design, verification, and customer engineering teams distributed across global sites to align SI/PI requirements with IP architecture and customer needs
• Serve as the SI/PI technical point of contact for customer engagements, answering questions, reviewing designs, and troubleshooting signal integrity issues in real deployments

The Impact You Will Have

• Shape UCIe IP architecture decisions by providing early SI/PI feedback that influences floorplanning, power delivery, and interface design before tape-out
• Build customer confidence in Synopsys UCIe IP by delivering robust SI/PI analysis, clear documentation, and responsive technical support during evaluations and production ramps
• Accelerate customer time-to-market by creating reusable SI/PI flows, validated models, and design guidelines that reduce the guesswork in high-speed chiplet integration
• Establish Synopsys as the SI/PI leader in the UCIe ecosystem by contributing to industry best practices and enabling successful deployments at lead customers
• Enable next-generation AI and HPC systems by ensuring that UCIe IP performs reliably at multi-gigabit data rates across diverse packaging and system configurations
• Reduce design respins and late-stage failures by catching SI/PI issues early through rigorous simulation and validation during the IP development cycle
• Contribute to Synopsys' mission to lead in the Era of Pervasive Intelligence by delivering the high-speed interconnect IP that powers chiplet-based architectures

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in signal integrity, power integrity, or high-speed interface design in the semiconductor or systems industry
• Strong working knowledge of transmission line theory, S-parameters, eye diagrams, and time-domain and frequency-domain analysis techniques
• Proven experience with SPICE-based circuit simulation tools and 3D electromagnetic field solvers such as HFSS, Ansys SIwave, or similar platforms
• Solid understanding of high-speed serial interfaces such as UCIe, HBM, DDR, PCIe, or Ethernet, including protocol-level awareness and physical layer design considerations
• Experience with scripting in Python or Tcl to automate simulation workflows, post-process results, or build analysis tools is a strong plus
• Familiarity with both Linux and Windows environments for running simulations, managing files, and collaborating across toolchains

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.

• Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family
• In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs
• Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more
• Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back
• Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country
• Competitive salaries