Senior Analog & Mixed-Signal Applications Engineer

Synopsys, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking an Applications Engineer for its Custom Implementation Platform team, working with analog and mixed-signal design across customers.

You will lead evaluations, deploy SPICE-based flows, and troubleshoot convergence issues while collaborating with senior engineers to accelerate tapeouts. You will also demonstrate cloud-based workflows, provide training, and support pre-sales activities, helping customers maximize productivity and design reliability in production

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or Bachelor's degree in EE/CS with 2+ years of relevant experience as a circuit designer or CAD engineer
• Solid understanding of full custom and analog design flow including schematic capture, layout, analog verification, and physical verification
• Hands-on experience with analog or mixed-signal simulation, ideally using SPICE, FastSPICE, or similar tools in a production design environment
• Scripting skills in TCL, Perl, or Python to automate workflows, debug customer setups, and build deployment solutions
• Strong communication skills, you can explain a technical issue clearly to a designer and also summarize the business impact for their manager
• Willingness to travel for customer visits, training sessions, and on-site support as needed

Responsibilities

• Lead technical evaluations and benchmarks for customers, demonstrating Synopsys Custom Implementation Platform on their actual design challenges with guidance from senior team members
• Deploy analog simulation flows including SPICE, FastSPICE, and mixed-signal simulation for customer design teams working on custom digital, analog, RF, and memory blocks
• Debug simulation convergence issues, performance bottlenecks, and methodology gaps in customer environments, escalating to senior engineers when you hit something outside your current expertise
• Demonstrate cloud-based analog design flows, showing customers how to run complete custom implementation workflows through cloud infrastructure
• Deliver technical training sessions and provide on-site support to customer design teams, helping them adopt best practices across schematic, layout, analog verification, and physical verification
• Document customer issues and enhancement requests, then work with senior engineers to communicate these effectively to R&D and product management
• Support pre-sales activities by partnering with sales teams to deliver methodology presentations and product demos during competitive evaluations

Skills

Analog design

Analog simulation

Scripting (TCL, Perl, Python)

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Education

Master's degree in EE or CS; or Bachelor's in EE/CS with 2+ years experience

Tools

SPICE

FastSPICE

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking an Applications Engineer for its Custom Implementation Platform team, working with analog and mixed-signal design across customers.

You will lead evaluations, deploy SPICE-based flows, and troubleshoot convergence issues while collaborating with senior engineers to accelerate tapeouts. You will also demonstrate cloud-based workflows, provide training, and support pre-sales activities, helping customers maximize productivity and design reliability in production