Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer

Job Title

Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer

Role Summary

Senior technical role on the Test Applications Engineering team (Technical Sales Group). Deliver and validate Design-for-Test (DFT) solutions for digital IC customers, provide hands-on enablement during silicon bring-up and tape-out readiness, and influence product direction by turning customer engagements into productized capabilities.

The role includes field support, design reviews, diagnostics, and deploying agentic AI/LLM-assisted workflows to accelerate DFT setup and debug at customer sites.

Experience Level

Senior (Staff Engineer). Guidance: BSc + 7+ years or MSc + 5+ years of relevant experience as indicated in the source posting.

Responsibilities

Primary technical and customer-facing responsibilities.

• Provide DFT expertise during design planning, budgeting, and implementation.
• Perform test methodology design-rule checks during RTL development.
• Implement and validate DFT techniques: scan compression, core wrapping, logic and memory BIST.
• Generate and validate ATPG patterns, including advanced fault models.
• Participate in customer design and flow reviews to ensure integration and tape-out readiness.
• Analyze and debug diagnostics and silicon bring-up issues to resolution.
• Deploy and tune agentic AI flows for DFT (scan insertion, ATPG setup, DRC triage, diagnostics) at customer sites and feed findings into the product roadmap.
• Support product demonstrations and evaluations to win new customers.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; education details are listed separately below.

• Experience with RTL coding, DFT insertion, scan synthesis, ATPG, and MBIST architecture planning.
• Strong practical knowledge of pattern generation and silicon bring-up processes.
• Familiarity with test-related protocols such as IEEE 1149.x, IEEE 1500, and IEEE 1687.
• Proven problem-solving and debugging skills for complex design and test issues.
• Practical fluency with LLM-based coding assistants and agentic tools integrated into engineering workflows.
• Customer-facing experience: technical support, training, and conducting design/flow reviews.
• Ability to translate field findings into product requirements and to collaborate with solution architects.

Education Requirements

BSc in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years' relevant experience, or MSc with 5+ years' relevant experience. Equivalent practical experience in these technical areas is acceptable where indicated.

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.