Staff Applications Engineer, HAV Solutions

We Are Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. You Are You have spent years working with FPGAs and ASIC designs, and you know that getting a prototype to boot is rarely about the tool, it is about understanding what the design is actually doing. You have debugged partitioning failures, chased down clock domain issues, and figured out why a DDR interface works in simulation but fails on hardware. You do not just follow runbooks. You understand the flow well enough to know when something does not look right and how to dig deeper. You are comfortable talking to customer engineering teams about their designs, asking the right questions to understand what they are building, and translating that into a working ProtoCompiler flow. When something breaks, you can work through logs, timing reports, and RTL to figure out what went wrong and explain it in a way that makes sense. You have worked with interface IP like PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, or AXI, and you understand how these subsystems behave in a prototype versus simulation. At Synopsys, you will support customers deploying HAPS and ProtoCompiler on real SoC designs. The problems are technical, the customers are smart, and the work you do directly impacts whether their hardware brings up on schedule or slips by months. What You'll Be Doing Support customer deployments of HAPS and ProtoCompiler, working through the ASIC-to-FPGA flow including partitioning, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and hardware bring-upDebug customer designs involving interface IP such as DDR4/DDR5, LPDDR, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, AXI, and other standard protocolsReproduce and analyze technical issues reported by customers, working with R&D to identify root causes and deliver solutions or workaroundsDevelop and document methodologies for partitioning strategies, clock architecture, debug instrumentation, and bring-up proceduresCollaborate with Sales and Customer Success teams to support technical evaluations, proof-of-concept engagements, and deployment planningUse Verdi, ProtoCompiler runtime debug tools, and protocol analyzers to troubleshoot RTL, netlist, timing, and hardware issues The Impact You Will Have Help customers get their prototypes running so they can start software development and system validation weeks or months earlierSolve technical problems that unblock critical customer milestones and keep their chip schedules on trackProvide feedback to R&D that improves ProtoCompiler features, usability, and robustness based on real customer use casesBuild reusable methodologies and documentation that help other applications engineers and customers deploy fasterSupport competitive evaluations where your technical depth and problem-solving ability directly influence customer decisionsContribute to the success of SoC programs across AI, automotive, networking, and mobile markets by enabling faster hardware availability What You'll Need Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience5-8 years in FPGA implementation, ASIC design, ASIC verification, FPGA prototyping, or applications engineeringSolid experience with FPGA synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure using Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or similar toolsWorking knowledge of SystemVerilog, RTL design, and verification conceptsHands-on experience with at least one interface IP family such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, USB, or AXIScripting ability in Tcl, Python, or shell for automation and flow customizationExperience with Synopsys HAPS, ProtoCompiler, or other FPGA-based prototyping platforms is a strong plus Who You Are You can look at a customer's partitioning result and spot the issues that will cause problems downstream before they waste days on place-and-routeWhen a customer says their design does not work, you ask specific questions to narrow down whether it is an RTL issue, a tool issue, a constraint issue, or a hardware issueYou are comfortable working with incomplete information and figuring out what you need to know to move forwardYou can explain a technical problem to a customer engineer in a way that helps them understand what happened and what to do nextYou do not panic when something breaks. You work through it methodically using logs, waveforms, timing reports, and whatever else is availableYou learn quickly and are not afraid to dig into unfamiliar parts of a design or toolflow to understand what is going on The Team You'll Be Part Of You will join the Hardware-Assisted Verification (HAV) Applications Engineering team, working with customers deploying HAPS and ProtoCompiler for FPGA-based prototyping. You will collaborate with other applications engineers, R&D, Product Management, and Sales teams to support customer success across semiconductor, AI, automotive, and systems companies. Rewards and Benefits We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.