Staff Applications Engineer - Signoff Tools & Tapeout Impact

Synopsys; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys in Austin, Texas is seeking a Staff Applications Engineer focused on design signoff. You will deploy and support PrimeTime, RedHawk-SC, and related signoff tools at leading semiconductor companies, working directly with customer design teams to diagnose STA, PDN, SI, and reliability signoff challenges across chip, package, and system levels.

The role requires 3–5 years in semiconductor design, strong scripting skills, and a customer‑facing mindset.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on semiconductor design experience.
• Deep expertise in static timing analysis and timing closure.
• Experience providing applications engineering and direct customer support for signoff tools.
• Proficiency with Synopsys signoff tools in real projects.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and support Synopsys signoff tools at leading semiconductor companies.
• Engage with customer design teams to diagnose STA, PDN, SI, and reliability signoff issues.
• Own technical issues end to end to unblock tapeouts.
• Translate customer pain points into product improvements and roadmaps.
• Support presales activities by demonstrating Seascape and signoff solutions.
• Build a knowledge base of best practices and troubleshooting FAQs.

Skills

Static timing analysis

Timing closure

Power delivery analysis

Customer engagement

Tools

PrimeTime

RedHawk-SC

PrimeClosure

PTECO

Tweaker

StarRC

Python

Tcl

Perl

Job description

Synopsys in Austin, Texas is seeking a Staff Applications Engineer focused on design signoff. You will deploy and support PrimeTime, RedHawk-SC, and related signoff tools at leading semiconductor companies, working directly with customer design teams to diagnose STA, PDN, SI, and reliability signoff challenges across chip, package, and system levels.

The role requires 3–5 years in semiconductor design, strong scripting skills, and a customer‑facing mindset.