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Software Engineer, Sr I

32917BR USA - California - Mountain View/Sunnyvale

Job Description and Requirements


Synopsys Inc. is looking for a full time candidate to work on the industry's leading and fastest emulation system, Zebu Server, which offers the industry's largest design capacity, supporting SOC chips as large as 10 billion gates based on high-density 16 nano-meter FPGA technology. In Zebu emulation flow, the design under test is partitioned into multiple parts, each of which is compiled into a low-level binary bit-stream that can be downloaded and run on an underlying FPGA in the emulation hardware. Individuals that fill the position will work in a global multi-site team specializing in areas such as logic partitioning, placement and routing, pin assignment, static timing analysis, and timing performance optimization to design and develop the next generation emulation backend technologies used in Zebu software tools. The responsibilities include innovating good ideas to solve challenging practical problems, developing a software program based on the selected innovative idea, and demonstrating the effectiveness of it by running benchmarking designs and comparing the results.

Job requirements: MS/Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering. 3-5 years of software development experience in developing and testing large C++ applications in Linux environment. EDA knowledge preferred, especially in place-and-route, static timing analysis, synthesis or timing closure for large capacity and high-performance designs. Strong research and development capabilities, innovative problem-solving skills. Publications in EDA conference/journals are plus. Experience with efficient algorithm and data structure design. Understanding of digital logic design, FPGA architecture, and hardware description language. Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work well either in a team-based environment or independently. At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.

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Job Category


Engineering

Country


United States

Job Subcategory


Software Engineering

Hire Type


Employee
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