Senior Applications Engineer - Emulation

Job Title

Senior Applications Engineer - Emulation

Role Summary

Support customer deployment and adoption of emulation and prototyping solutions, working with sales, R&D, and customers to ensure successful bring-up, debug, and ongoing value delivery.

The role is customer-facing within the Software/Sales organization and combines technical deployment, methodology development, training, and collaboration with product engineering.

Experience Level

Senior level. The posting requests 5+ years of experience in design, verification, simulation, emulation, and prototyping of electronic chips and systems.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities include on-site deployments, methodology development, pre-sales support, and customer education.

• Deploy emulation software and hardware solutions at customer sites and guide design bring-up.
• Develop and refine prototyping and emulation methodologies to maximize solution value.
• Support pre-sales technical engagements and collaborate with sales to define customer requirements and tool needs.
• Work with R&D to report issues, request product improvements, review specifications, and implement solutions.
• Train application engineers and customers; create and deliver live, recorded, and remote product demos and presentations.
• Debug RTL designs and simulation environments to resolve customer issues.
• Communicate product enhancements to customers and relay customer requirements to R&D and marketing.
• Travel domestically and internationally for customer meetings and coordination with other R&D sites.

Requirements

Technical skills and professional capabilities required or desirable for the role.

• Must-have: RTL design and verification experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog, and/or VHDL; debug experience for RTL and simulation.
• Must-have: Proficiency in scripting (Python, Perl, shell scripts/Makefiles) and working with XML/JSON.
• Must-have: Strong communication, presentation, and customer-facing skills; ability to produce and deliver product demos.
• Must-have: Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with emulation platforms (e.g., Veloce, Palladium, Zebu).
• Nice-to-have: Verification experience with SystemC and/or C/C++; ASIC and/or FPGA implementation experience.
• Nice-to-have: Competitive, results-driven mindset appropriate for pre-sales and customer engagements.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (as stated in the posting).

About the Company

Company: Siemens

Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Siemens EDA is a leading global provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products and systems. Their innovative solutions enable companies to enhance the development of electronic products efficiently and effectively, keeping pace with the complex demands of technology and physics. Siemens is committed to delivering advanced workflow solutions that integrate both EDA and MCAD tools for multi-domain design and manufacturing in the semiconductor industry.