Applications Engineering Engineer

Job Title

Applications Engineering Engineer

Role Summary

Provide hands-on technical support to customer design teams to resolve physical verification and parasitic extraction issues using ICV and StarRC. Work with customers and internal R&D to reproduce problems, validate fixes, and develop scalable signoff methodologies that enable successful tape-outs.

Role combines debugging complex verification/extraction failures, methodology development, customer-facing support during tape-out, and internal knowledge sharing.

Experience Level

Entry-level - 0 to approximately 2 years of relevant experience. Strong new graduates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on customer technical support, debugging, methodology, and collaboration with R&D.

• Provide direct technical support to customers using ICV and StarRC to improve signoff readiness and support tape-outs.
• Debug complex physical verification and parasitic extraction issues, including DRC, LVS, RC modeling anomalies, and timing correlation problems across advanced process nodes.
• Develop and refine signoff methodologies to improve accuracy, reduce runtime, and support full-chip analysis at scale.
• Collaborate with customer engineering teams and senior colleagues during critical tape-out phases to analyze and resolve blocking issues.
• Work with Synopsys R&D to reproduce customer issues, validate fixes, and communicate requirements.
• Document technical solutions, common failure modes, and methodology improvements for reuse across the field organization.
• Provide technical training and guidance to customer teams on verification, RC modeling, and signoff best practices.
• Leverage AI-driven techniques to accelerate issue analysis and methodology development.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and competencies; follow-on items listed as preferred.

• Entry-level to ~2 years of experience in applications engineering, semiconductor design, physical verification, or parasitic extraction.
• Foundational knowledge of physical verification and parasitic extraction and experience with EDA tools.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix and scripting (Tcl or Python).
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and evidence-based analysis skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication and customer-engagement skills; ability to adapt technical detail to the audience.
• Teamwork, learning agility, ownership, and the ability to work with incomplete information.
• Preferred: hands-on exposure to ICV and/or StarRC and experience with signoff workflows and timing correlation across process nodes.
• Preferred: Korean and English language skills for customer engagement and collaboration with global teams.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field. No specific certifications required.

About the Company

Company: Synopsys

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA

Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.