Staff Application Engineer - FPGA

Job Title

Staff Application Engineer - FPGA

Role Summary

Pre-sales technical lead for Synopsys FPGA prototyping and emulation platforms (ZS5, ZeBu-200, HAPS). Work with sales and customer engineering teams to define and deliver hardware-assisted verification solutions that validate SoC, GPU, and AI designs and accelerate customer decisions.

Experience Level

Senior - guidance: 5–6 years of hands-on experience in emulation, FPGA-based prototyping, ASIC design, or SoC validation.

Responsibilities

Drive technical engagement from evaluation to proof-of-concept and early deployment, collaborating closely with sales and customer engineering.

• Lead pre-sales technical engagements and technical evaluations for ZS5, ZeBu-200, and HAPS platforms.
• Design tailored hardware-assisted verification solutions addressing partitioning, performance, debug, and integration with customer flows.
• Run proofs-of-concept, benchmarks, and product demonstrations showing real customer value.
• Deploy platforms at customer sites and guide setup, configuration, and early adoption.
• Provide technical input to opportunity strategy, qualify technical fit, and handle technical objections.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customer architects and engineering leaders.

Requirements

Key skills and experience required to perform the role.

Must-have:

• 5–6 years hands-on experience with emulation, FPGA prototyping, ASIC design, or SoC validation.
• Strong knowledge of FPGA architectures (Xilinx or Intel), RTL (Verilog or VHDL), synthesis flows, hardware bring-up, and debug.
• Practical experience with RTL-to-hardware workflows and prototype validation challenges (partitioning, clock domains, debug flows).
• Ability to deliver technical presentations and demonstrations to engineering and executive audiences.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites for evaluations and engagements.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with ZS5, ZeBu, HAPS platforms or ProtoCompiler.
• Experience deploying AI-based hardware-assisted verification workflows or related automation.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

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.