Principal Application Engineer - Timing Sign Off

Job Title

Principal Application Engineer - Timing Sign Off

Role Summary

Senior applications engineer responsible for supporting customer tapeouts and deploying timing signoff solutions using Synopsys signoff tools. Work is technical and customer-facing, focused on diagnosing timing, power, and signoff issues and integrating signoff features into customer methodologies.

Member of the Silicon Design and Signoff Applications Engineering team; collaborates with product engineering, account teams, and customer design teams to resolve critical signoff problems and influence product roadmap.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 10+ years of hands-on experience in timing analysis and signoff or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for customer signoff activities and for adoption of new signoff capabilities.

• Support customer tapeouts by diagnosing timing, power, and signoff issues under schedule pressure using PrimeTime and related signoff tools.
• Deploy and integrate new signoff features with customers, including beta testing and methodology integration.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable enhancement requests for product development, with use cases and data.
• Create and deliver technical training, demos, and methodology documentation for customers and internal teams.
• Replicate, debug, and escalate product issues across engineering, R&D, and account teams to resolve schedule-impacting problems.
• Mentor applications engineers and customer design teams on timing signoff best practices and flow optimization.
• Align technical enablement with account strategy to provide appropriate support at critical stages of the design cycle.

Requirements

Key must-have skills and experience for successful performance in this role. Education degree requirement is summarized in the Education Requirements section below.

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with timing analysis and signoff tools, flows, and methodologies in customer-facing or product roles.
• Deep working knowledge of PrimeTime and direct experience with at least two of: PrimeShield, PrimeClosure, PrimePower.
• Proven ability to debug complex signoff issues under tapeout pressure and propose pragmatic solutions balancing accuracy and runtime.
• Strong understanding of static timing analysis fundamentals: multi-mode multi-corner, OCV/AOCV, path-based analysis, and closure techniques.
• Proven ability to work effectively across global teams and time zones with product engineering and account teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to present technical concepts to senior engineers and create concise documentation.
• Demonstrated mentoring or leadership experience in applications or methodology roles.
• Nice-to-have: experience with StarRC, RedHawk-SC, Spice/Hspice, PrimeSim, or adjacent verification tools.

Education Requirements

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field is 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.