Applications Engineering, Sr Architect- RTL2GDS

Descriptions & Requirements

Job Description and Requirements

You Are:

You are a highly experienced technical leader and trusted customer advisor with deep expertise in digital implementation flows. You bring a strong track record of driving customer success, influencing design methodologies, and delivering measurable business impact in advanced-node semiconductor environments.

You thrive in customer-facing roles, balancing strategic engagement with hands-on technical problem solving. You are comfortable leading complex benchmarks, guiding customers through challenges, and aligning technical solutions with business outcomes. You are also a collaborative mentor who elevates team capability and works seamlessly with account teams, including AEs and cross-functional partners.

With your strong background in RTL-to-GDS implementation and EDA workflows, you can quickly diagnose issues, optimize performance, and guide customers to successful tapeouts. You are passionate about innovation, including the application of AI-driven methodologies in chip design.

What You'll Be Doing:

Lead customer engagements and benchmark activities to drive adoption, increase usage share, and grow revenue.

Serve as a primary technical interface for key accounts, aligning Synopsys solutions to customer needs and business objectives.

Coordinate engagement logistics, drive regular sync meetings, and provide clear status updates to stakeholders.

Partner closely with Account AEs and contribute to account strategy and opportunity development.

Mentor and guide junior AEs and engineers, strengthening overall team performance.

Apply deep expertise in RTL-to-GDS flows to support customer designs, including synthesis, physical implementation, and signoff.

Drive solutions for timing closure, PPA optimization, and advanced-node challenges.

Debug complex design and flow issues, providing hands-on technical leadership.

Influence customer methodologies, including adoption of AI-driven design flows and automation.

The Impact You Will Have:

Expand Synopsys footprint within strategic accounts through successful technical engagements.

Accelerate customer design cycles and improve design outcomes at advanced nodes.

Strengthen long-term customer relationships by delivering consistent technical excellence and business value.

What You'll Need:

20+ years of experience in EDA / semiconductor design and implementation.

Proven hands-on expertise across RTL-to-GDS, including:

Synthesis

Physical implementation (place & route)

Signoff: physical verification, extraction, STA

Strong skills in:

Timing closure and PPA optimization

Advanced process node design methodologies

Experience with Fusion Compiler is highly desirable.

Knowledge of formal verification and DFT.

Strong debugging and scripting skills (e.g., Tcl, Python).

Understanding of AI/ML applications or AI agents in design flows is a plus.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in customer-facing or pre-sales engineering roles within EDA.

Demonstrated success driving benchmarks, evaluations, and production tapeouts.

Ability to work in a cross-functional, global team environment.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.

In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request. The base salary range for this role is across the U.S.