Senior IP Quality & Customer Success Architect

Synopsys, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. seeks a Principal Applications Engineer with deep semiconductor expertise to guide IP adoption, silicon bring-up, and post-silicon validation. You will translate complex technical issues into actionable plans and collaborate with IP, verification, and quality teams to reduce execution risk.

You’ll lead senior customer engagements, drive cross-functional collaboration, and help ensure high-quality IP with confidence, prioritizing customer outcomes and product reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level electrical engineering or related degree; advanced degrees encouraged.
• Experience bridging technical depth with customer needs across IP adoption and silicon bring-up.
• Strong understanding of analog, mixed-signal, and digital IP workflows and verification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior customer-facing technical leader for strategic accounts across IP adoption, integration, silicon bring-up, and ongoing product use.
• Partner with R&D, Verification, Methodology, Quality, and Program Management to identify risks and improve release readiness.
• Translate customer feedback and debugging results into cross-functional action plans addressing root causes and gaps.
• Drive proactive problem-solving, metrics, and continuous-improvement practices to reduce escalations and strengthen customer trust.

Skills

Semiconductor expertise

Customer-facing

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Quality focus

Education

BSEE/BSCE/MSEE/MSCE or advanced degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. seeks a Principal Applications Engineer with deep semiconductor expertise to guide IP adoption, silicon bring-up, and post-silicon validation. You will translate complex technical issues into actionable plans and collaborate with IP, verification, and quality teams to reduce execution risk.

You’ll lead senior customer engagements, drive cross-functional collaboration, and help ensure high-quality IP with confidence, prioritizing customer outcomes and product reliability.