Applications Engineering, Senior Director — Digital Implementation

Job Title

Applications Engineering, Senior Director — Digital Implementation

Role Summary

Lead Synopsys' applications engineering efforts for digital implementation in Japan, deploying synthesis, place-and-route, timing-closure, and power-optimization methodologies with key customers.

Manage and mentor a team of applications engineers, own customer relationships at both engineering and executive levels, and act as the field voice to R&D to drive product improvements and adoption of robust implementation flows.

Experience Level

Senior — 15+ years of hands-on experience in digital design and implementation.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical leadership, customer engagement, and team management.

• Lead customer engagements across Japan to deploy and scale digital implementation methodologies for advanced-node designs.
• Diagnose and resolve complex flow bottlenecks; tune tool configurations to meet PPA and timing-closure targets.
• Provide technical training and hands-on guidance to customer engineering teams on tools and methodology best practices.
• Manage, mentor, and allocate a team of applications engineers to balance delivery, technical growth, and customer ownership.
• Translate field issues and feature requests into actionable feedback for R&D.
• Build and maintain executive-level customer relationships and drive adoption of new capabilities across accounts.

Requirements

Key qualifications and skills required to perform the role.

Must-have:

• 15+ years of hands-on experience in digital design and implementation with expertise in synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and power optimization.
• Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams, preferably in customer-facing applications or solutions roles.
• Experience deploying digital implementation tools and methodologies with customers, including troubleshooting complex design issues to enable successful tapeouts.
• Strong technical communication skills in Japanese and English, capable of engaging both engineering teams and executives.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with advanced-node challenges (7nm and below) and familiarity with industry-standard EDA digital implementation platforms.
• Knowledge of low-power design techniques and common protocols such as AMBA, USB, PCIe, or DDRx.
• Hands-on experience with leading digital implementation toolchains.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

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.