Senior FPGA Prototyping Solutions Architect

Synopsys, Inc.; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking an experienced pre-sales engineer specializing in emulation and FPGA-based prototyping to engage with customers from evaluation to deployment.

You will map customer challenges, propose tailored hardware-assisted verification solutions, and lead PoC efforts to de-risk decisions and accelerate adoption of HAPS, ZS5, and ZeBu-200 platforms across SoC/AI design validation projects. The role requires deep RTL-to-hardware understanding, strong Verilog/VHDL skills, and travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics or Computer Engineering required.
• 10–12 years of hands-on experience in emulation, FPGA-based prototyping, ASIC design, or SoC validation.
• Strong RTL-to-hardware understanding; RTL design in Verilog or VHDL.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites for evaluations and engagements.
• Experience with ZS5, HAPS platforms, ProtoCompiler or similar FPGA prototyping tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-sales technical engagements for Emulation with FPGA prototyping platforms and ProtoCompiler, working with prospective customers to understand their design validation challenges.
• Present tailored hardware-assisted verification solutions addressing partitioning, performance, debug, and flow integration.
• Deploy AI-based verification platforms at customer sites, guiding setup, configuration, and bring-up.
• Conduct technical evaluations, PoC projects, and benchmarks that demonstrate platform value.
• Collaborate with sales to shape opportunity strategy, qualify technical fit, handle objections, and move deals through the pipeline.
• Deliver product demos, architecture reviews, and technical presentations to engineering teams and executives.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with customer architects and engineering leaders to extend engagement beyond single sales cycles.

Skills

RTL design

Verilog

VHDL

FPGA architectures

Synthesis flows

Debug bring-up

Travel

FPGA prototyping tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

ZS5

HAPS

ProtoCompiler

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking an experienced pre-sales engineer specializing in emulation and FPGA-based prototyping to engage with customers from evaluation to deployment.

You will map customer challenges, propose tailored hardware-assisted verification solutions, and lead PoC efforts to de-risk decisions and accelerate adoption of HAPS, ZS5, and ZeBu-200 platforms across SoC/AI design validation projects. The role requires deep RTL-to-hardware understanding, strong Verilog/VHDL skills, and travel