Principal Field Applications Engineer - Memory Characterization

Job Title

Principal Field Applications Engineer - Memory Characterization

Role Summary

Principal-level applications engineer responsible for deploying and supporting memory characterization and library-generation solutions for semiconductor customers. Works with field teams, R&D, and product management to validate, optimize, and scale characterization flows.

Primary mission: enable production-ready memory characterization flows, resolve escalations, and drive customer adoption of Synopsys memory characterization products and methodologies.

Experience Level

Senior / Principal level. The posting indicates a principal role; explicit years of experience not specified.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for customer deployments and ensure production readiness of memory characterization flows.

• Act as primary technical interface for strategic semiconductor customers during evaluations, proofs-of-concept, and production rollouts.
• Lead customer benchmarks, deployments, escalations, and technical workshops or training.
• Collaborate with customer memory design, characterization, CAD, methodology, and library teams to define requirements and resolve issues.
• Debug and resolve characterization, simulation convergence, modeling, and library-quality problems.
• Drive validation and correlation for timing, power, leakage, and variation-aware models.
• Support characterization of SRAMs, register files, ROMs, embedded memories, custom macros, and memory compilers across advanced nodes.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts with Applications Engineering, R&D, and Product Management; reproduce customer issues and influence product enhancements.
• Develop best practices, reference methodologies, and technical collateral to improve deployment quality and scalability.
• Travel as needed to support key customer engagements and deployments.

Requirements

Core technical skills and customer-facing experience required; separated into must-have and nice-to-have.

• Must-have: Deep hands-on experience in memory design and characterization with production deployments for semiconductor customers.
• Must-have: Experience with at least one memory characterization tool (e.g., PrimeLib, LiberateMX, SiliconSmart, Solido, or equivalent).
• Must-have: Practical experience with circuit simulation and signoff tools such as HSPICE, PrimeSim XA, CustomSim, Spectre, NanoTime, or equivalent.
• Must-have: Knowledge of advanced modeling and library views (NLDM, CCS timing/noise, LVF, variation-aware characterization) and statistical timing/power analysis.
• Must-have: Proven customer-facing applications engineering experience supporting strategic semiconductor accounts.
• Must-have: Scripting experience (Python, Tcl) for automation of characterization flows.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with memory compiler qualification, high-capacity simulation methodologies, machine learning or automation applied to characterization, and prior involvement with advanced-node characterization and validation.

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.