Technical Product Management, Principal Engineer (m/f/d)

You will be part of Synopsys, the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products.

As a Technical Product Management, Principal Engineer, you have spent years deep in analog and mixed-signal design, close enough to the schematic, the simulation deck, and the layout to know exactly where designers lose hours to manual work that should not exist anymore.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap for analog and mixed-signal design automation tools that directly address productivity bottlenecks in schematic capture, SPICE simulation, layout, physical verification, and parasitic extraction
• Work directly with analog designers and layout engineers to map their workflows, identify where time is lost, and translate those pain points into product requirements and prioritized feature sets
• Drive the application of agentic AI and LLM-based automation to EDA workflows, determining where AI agents can safely automate tasks like corner analysis setup, simulation scripting, or DRC/LVS triage without introducing risk
• Collaborate with engineering, AI/ML, and software teams to build prototypes, validate concepts with real design data, and iterate based on designer feedback and measurable outcomes
• Translate complex analog design and verification workflows into clear technical specifications, user stories, and success metrics that engineering teams can build against
• Engage with customers and internal design teams throughout the product lifecycle to validate direction, gather feedback, and ensure adoption of new capabilities
• Track product performance through metrics like designer time saved, simulation turnaround time, layout closure speed, and tool adoption rates across customer and internal teams

The Impact You Will Have

• You will shape the next generation of analog and mixed-signal design automation tools used by semiconductor companies building everything from power management ICs to high-speed data converters
• Your work will directly reduce design cycle time for analog engineers, turning workflows that took days into workflows that take hours through smarter automation and AI-assisted decision-making
• You will help define how AI agents integrate into EDA, setting the standard for what safe, effective, and trustworthy AI-driven design automation looks like in production environments
• The products you define will influence how thousands of analog designers interact with simulation, layout, and verification tools every day across the industry
• You will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and practical EDA application, ensuring that new technologies solve real problems rather than create new ones
• Your roadmap decisions will directly impact Synopsys product differentiation in the analog and mixed-signal EDA market
• You will help analog design teams adopt new methodologies and tools that improve quality, reduce respins, and accelerate time to tapeout

Requirements

• MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of experience in semiconductor design, EDA development, analog/mixed-signal IC design, or design automation roles
• Strong hands-on proficiency with analog and mixed-signal design methodologies, including schematic capture, SPICE-based simulation, corner analysis, Monte Carlo, transient/AC/DC/noise analysis, and post-layout simulation
• Deep understanding of analog layout, physical verification workflows including DRC/LVS, parasitic extraction, and how extracted parasitics affect circuit performance and simulation accuracy
• Experience translating design workflows into product requirements, prototypes, or automation solutions, whether as a designer building internal tools, an applications engineer supporting customers, or a product manager defining features
• Familiarity with AI and ML techniques applied to EDA, particularly LLM-based systems, agentic AI, tool calling, workflow orchestration, and how autonomous or semi-autonomous agents can augment engineering tasks
• Prior experience as an analog or mixed-signal designer, EDA engineer, applications engineer, or technical product manager is strongly preferred
• Experience with major EDA platforms and analog design environments such as Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Custom Compiler, or similar tools is a plus