Senior Product Engineer, Calibre DesignEnhancer

Job Title

Senior Product Engineer, Calibre DesignEnhancer

Role Summary

Customer-facing technical product role within Siemens EDA focused on Calibre DesignEnhancer and related physical-design/verification solutions. The role partners with customers, application engineering, product management, and R&D to translate design challenges into product requirements, validate solutions, and support deployment.

Work includes technical engagement with semiconductor customers, evaluation of product capabilities on representative designs, driving requirements into R&D, and supporting adoption through demonstrations, training, and documentation.

Experience Level

Senior — requires substantial industry experience. The posting indicates 8+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities involve technical leadership for Calibre DesignEnhancer capabilities, customer engagement, and collaboration across product and engineering teams.

• Act as technical expert for Calibre DesignEnhancer and related Calibre physical-design and verification tools.
• Engage with semiconductor customers and field application engineers to gather and document design challenges and workflows.
• Translate customer problems into product requirements, use cases, specifications, and success criteria.
• Collaborate with R&D from concept through validation, deployment, and production release; provide detailed technical feedback.
• Evaluate new capabilities on representative and customer designs; perform benchmarks, early-adopter programs, and validation.
• Investigate complex customer/design-flow issues, perform root-cause analysis, and develop practical solutions or methodologies.
• Support customer presentations, demonstrations, training, application notes, and other technical materials.
• Monitor semiconductor design trends, competitive solutions, and identify opportunities for new features and use models.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required for customer engagements.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience required to perform the role.

• 8+ years experience in physical design, physical verification, EDA product engineering, applications engineering, design methodology, or related area.
• Strong understanding of IC physical-design flow including floorplanning, place-and-route, routing and design closure, physical verification/DRC, power distribution networks, electromigration and IR-drop, and signoff flows.
• Proven ability to analyze complex technical problems, determine root cause, and deliver practical solutions.
• Experience using EDA tools in production semiconductor design flows.
• Ability to convert customer requirements into clear technical requirements for software development teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience presenting technical concepts to varied audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with R&D, field engineering, customers, and product teams.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Scripting or automation experience (Python, Tcl, shell scripting, or similar).

Preferred (nice-to-have):

• Hands-on experience with Calibre products (Calibre DRC, DesignEnhancer, RealTime) and shift-left methodologies.
• Experience with place-and-route tools (Cadence Innovus, Synopsys Fusion Compiler/ICC2) and advanced-node implementation challenges.
• Knowledge of EM/IR analysis, power-grid optimization, via optimization, filler/DCAP insertion, and related techniques.
• Familiarity with LEF/DEF, GDSII, OASIS and foundry process design kits or foundry enablement.
• Experience defining product features from customer requirement through production release and supporting evaluations/early-access programs.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (the posting specifies BS or MS). No other certifications were required or listed.

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.