STA PrimeTime Test & Validation Senior Specialist

Job Title

STA PrimeTime Test & Validation Senior Specialist

Role Summary

Lead validation engineer responsible for owning and executing end-to-end validation of Static Timing Analysis (STA) features and PrimeTime flows. Works with Product Validation, R&D, Product Engineering, and Field teams to define validation strategy, drive quality sign-off, and reduce customer-reported issues.

This role requires technical leadership, mentorship of junior engineers, and improving validation productivity through automation, data analysis, and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.

Experience Level

Senior — requires multiple years of relevant STA/validation experience (see Education Requirements for degree-and-experience guidance).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical ownership of validation, cross-team debugging, and automation.

• Lead validation of complex PrimeTime STA features and flows from requirements through quality sign-off.
• Define and drive validation strategy, test coverage, and sign-off criteria for assigned areas.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to L1/L2 engineers on STA concepts, testcase design, and debugging.
• Reproduce customer scenarios, perform deep-dive debugging and root-cause analysis for cross-component issues.
• Lead functional, regression, stress, accuracy, and sign-off testing for STA features and advanced flows.
• Architect and enhance automation frameworks using Perl, Tcl, and Python to increase productivity and robustness.
• Analyze large-scale validation/regression data to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to accelerate testcase/script development, debugging, and log analysis while validating AI outputs for correctness.
• Prepare executive-ready validation status, metrics, risk reports, and participate in feature readiness reviews and postmortems.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, practical experience, and professional behaviors. Degrees are listed separately under Education Requirements.

• Strong, hands-on understanding of Static Timing Analysis fundamentals.
• Deep hands-on experience with PrimeTime or equivalent STA tools, advanced timing concepts, SDC constraints, and real-world sign-off scenarios.
• Experience with OCV/AOCV/POCV, derates, PBA, ECO, what-if analysis, and hierarchical/distributed large-scale STA flows.
• Proven ability to debug complex, ambiguous, cross-component issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Strong proficiency in Perl, Tcl, and Python for automation and framework development.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly to enhance engineering productivity and validation quality.
• Track record of technical ownership, leadership, and sound decision-making; high standards for quality, rigor, documentation, and sign-off discipline.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) with 4+ years of relevant experience.

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.