Applications Engineering Senior Engineer - FPGA, RTL Design & Emulation
SynopsysJob Title
Applications Engineering Senior Engineer - FPGA, RTL Design & Emulation
Role Summary
Senior Applications Engineer responsible for customer-facing technical support and solutions around FPGA, RTL design, and emulation technologies. The role supports product adoption, debugging of customer designs, and delivery of demos and reference flows.
Experience Level
Senior. Title indicates senior level; specific years of experience were not specified in the source.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities focus on enabling customers to successfully deploy FPGA and emulation-based flows and resolving complex RTL design issues.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for FPGA, RTL, and emulation workflows.
- Create and maintain reference designs, demos, and customer examples.
- Work with customers to reproduce, isolate, and resolve design or tool-related issues.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to relay customer feedback and improve features.
- Deliver technical presentations, training sessions, and on-site demonstrations as required.
Requirements
Expected technical skills and experience to perform the role. Education details are summarized separately below.
- Must-have: Hands-on experience with FPGA design and RTL (Verilog/VHDL) development; experience with hardware prototyping and emulation workflows.
- Must-have: Strong debugging skills for RTL and timing issues and experience using emulation or hardware-assisted verification tools.
- Must-have: Customer-facing communication skills and ability to deliver demos and technical guidance.
- Nice-to-have: Scripting skills (Python, Tcl) and familiarity with EDA tool flows and automation.
- Nice-to-have: Prior experience integrating FPGA prototypes with emulation systems or similar lab hardware experience.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
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.
