Sr. Applications Engineer (Aprisa)

Job Title

Sr. Applications Engineer (Aprisa)

Role Summary

Experienced Place & Route applications engineer to join Siemens EDA's US field team supporting Aprisa (Place & Route). The role leads technical engagements with tier‑1 customers, supports sales and R&D integration, and helps develop junior engineers and field processes for product go‑to‑market.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires over five years of industry experience working on place & route / backend flows and customer engagements.

Responsibilities

The role combines technical leadership, customer-facing support, and internal coordination. Key responsibilities include:

• Lead technical engagements with tier‑1 customers and own critical customer relationships.
• Perform P&R evaluations, benchmarking, and support design tape‑outs to meet PPA and TTR targets.
• Train and mentor junior applications engineers; document and share best practices.
• Coordinate across sales, R&D, technical support, marketing, and customer teams during deployments and evaluations.
• Develop and improve field processes and tooling for successful product adoption.
• Travel to customer sites and internal locations as required; maintain flexible hours to support global stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; concise list of required competencies follows.

• 5+ years industry experience in place & route, backend design, or related IC implementation roles.
• Proven working experience with one or more of: Innovus, IC Compiler I/II, Aprisa, Nitro‑SoC.
• Hands-on experience with RTL→GDS flows at advanced nodes, including P&R evaluations/benchmarking and tape‑outs.
• Deep practical knowledge of floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, signal & power integrity, and static timing analysis.
• Expert scripting and automation skills (TCL, Unix command line); strong familiarity with Verilog and UPF data formats.
• Strong communication, organization, and customer-facing skills required for technical sales support and cross‑team coordination.
• Nice-to-have: prior applications or AE role in EDA, experience launching or scaling a field team, or experience with multi‑site/global customer support.

Education Requirements

At least a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CE), Electronic/Embedded Physics (EP), Computer Science (CS), VLSI, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.

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.