Senior Applications Engineer, Functional Verification

Job Title

Senior Applications Engineer, Functional Verification

Role Summary

Senior technical leader in Siemens EDA responsible for driving technical wins, customer adoption, and long-term account expansion for functional verification solutions. Acts as the primary technical interface for strategic accounts and partners closely with sales, R&D, and support teams.

Hands-on pre-sales and evaluation leadership role based in Fremont, CA with a hybrid work model.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Title indicates a senior/lead role; no specific years of experience listed.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on customer-facing technical leadership, evaluation execution, and internal collaboration to enable sales and product improvements.

• Build and maintain strong technical relationships with engineering and managerial stakeholders at customer sites.
• Lead technical discovery, opportunity qualification, and evaluation planning for strategic accounts.
• Deliver technical presentations and demonstrations that show the value of Siemens EDA solutions.
• Drive product adoption by defining methodologies and integrating tools into customer flows; execute pilot deployments.
• Coordinate resources across sales, R&D, product engineering, and support to resolve customer challenges.
• Advise on license configurations and deployment plans; anticipate obstacles and lead technical resolutions.
• Collect customer insights and competitive intelligence to influence sales campaigns and product strategy.
• Mentor and train less-experienced field application engineers and lead team knowledge-sharing activities.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience necessary to perform the role; a few desirable additions listed separately.

• Proven experience in customer-facing pre-sales or field application engineering roles, preferably with EDA or verification tool vendors.
• Strong technical background in functional verification methodologies and tool integration into customer flows.
• Ability to lead technical evaluations, create deployment plans, and drive adoption across customer teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical stakeholders and decision makers.
• Experience collaborating with product, engineering, and support teams to resolve technical issues and influence product direction.
• Leadership and mentoring experience for guiding junior field engineers.
• Willingness to work in a hybrid model and engage with customers on-site as required.

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with Siemens EDA product portfolio and competitive verification ecosystem.
• Experience collecting and applying competitive intelligence to sales strategies.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

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.