FPGA Prototyping Applications Engineer

Synopsys Inc; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking an experienced Applications Engineer to support customer deployments of HAPS and ProtoCompiler for FPGA-based prototyping of SoCs.

You will work with industry-leading tools and interface IP to keep hardware bring-up on schedule. Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in FPGA/ASIC domains, strong scripting skills, and hands-on experience with PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, or AXI and with tools like Vivado, Quartus, ProtoCompiler, and Verdi.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in EE/CE/CS or equivalent practical experience.
• 5–8 years in FPGA implementation, ASIC design, ASIC verification, FPGA prototyping, or applications engineering.
• Strong experience with FPGA synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure using Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Support customer deployments of HAPS and ProtoCompiler, working through the ASIC-to-FPGA flow including partitioning, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and hardware bring-up.
• Debug customer designs involving interface IP such as PCIe, DDR4/DDR5, LPDDR, Ethernet, USB, AXI, and other standard protocols.
• Reproduce and analyze technical issues reported by customers, working with R&D to identify root causes and deliver solutions or workarounds.
• Develop and document methodologies for partitioning strategies, clock architecture, debug instrumentation, and bring-up procedures.
• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success teams to support technical evaluations, proof-of-concept engagements, and deployment planning.
• Use Verdi, ProtoCompiler runtime debug tools, and protocol analyzers to troubleshoot RTL, netlist, timing, and hardware issues.

Skills

FPGA implementation

ASIC design

ASIC verification

FPGA prototyping

Applications engineering

Tcl scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

ProtoCompiler

Verdi

Job description

Synopsys Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking an experienced Applications Engineer to support customer deployments of HAPS and ProtoCompiler for FPGA-based prototyping of SoCs.

You will work with industry-leading tools and interface IP to keep hardware bring-up on schedule. Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in FPGA/ASIC domains, strong scripting skills, and hands-on experience with PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, or AXI and with tools like Vivado, Quartus, ProtoCompiler, and Verdi.