Applications Engineering, Sr Staff Engineer

About the role

We Are Synopsys is seeking a technical expert to serve as the onsite subject matter expert embedded with a major Aerospace and Defense customer. This position involves modeling, analysis, and technical leadership using Systems Tool Kit, Test and Evaluation Tool Kit, and related DME software.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the onsite subject matter expert embedded with a major Aerospace and Defense customer, providing modeling, analysis, and technical leadership using Systems Tool Kit, Test and Evaluation Tool Kit, and related DME software
• Design and develop custom user interfaces, automation scripts, and integration code in Python, C++, C#, Java, or MATLAB to solve real-world mission engineering problems
• Work directly with customer teams to understand system-level engineering requirements, translate those into software solutions, and implement best practices for mission simulation and orbital analysis
• Collaborate with Account Managers to identify and mature new sales opportunities by demonstrating technical value, articulating use cases, and expanding software adoption within the customer organization
• Plan and deliver technical training sessions and seminars to educate end users, drive software adoption, and ensure customers are leveraging the full capability of the toolset
• Partner with Synopsys product development teams to translate customer feedback into product enhancements, test new releases on real mission scenarios, and influence the roadmap
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams and projects with a high degree of autonomy, adjusting priorities as customer needs shift and ensuring timely delivery without close supervision

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 6+ years of professional experience in an engineering software environment, or Master's degree with 2+ years Active TS/SCI security clearance, or the ability and willingness to obtain one

• Strong technical background in orbital mechanics, orbit analysis, and hands-on experience with AGI Orbit Determination Toolkit and Systems Toolkit or equivalent mission engineering software
• Programming experience in one or more of the following: Python, C, C++, C#, Java, or MATLAB, with demonstrated ability to write automation scripts, custom integrations, or user interfaces
• Proven ability to work directly with customers to understand complex engineering requirements, translate them into software solutions, and deliver results in a timeline-driven environment
• Experience with process integration, optimization, systems engineering, mission simulation, PLM, PDM, SPDM, or CAD software packages

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience (BS), 5+ years (MS), or 2+ years (PhD) in engineering software environments is preferred, as is experience preparing and delivering technical presentations to both technical and executive audiences

Skills

You can walk into a customer meeting, listen to a mission problem, and walk out with a technical plan that addresses it without needing three follow-up calls to clarify requirements

• You manage your own workload across multiple projects and stakeholders, setting priorities and adjusting as needed without waiting for someone to tell you what comes next
• You write code that other people can actually use, not just proof-of-concept scripts, and you document it well enough that someone else can pick it up six months later
• You can explain a complex orbital mechanics tradeoff to a program manager in two sentences without losing the technical nuance, and you can turn around and debug integration code with a developer the same afternoon

Benefits

You operate with a high level of professionalism and accountability in secure, mission-critical environments where details matter and deadlines are real

• You are comfortable being the technical face of Synopsys with a customer, representing the company, the product, and the solution with confidence and clarity

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