Applications Engineering, Sr Staff Engineer (SI/ PI)
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading technical engagements with semiconductor customers, focusing on signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI analysis using ANSYS simulation tools.
What you'll do
- Lead technical engagements with semiconductor customers, including onsite meetings, product demonstrations, workflow evaluations, and solution deployments.
- Analyze customer design environments and engineering workflows to identify gaps and opportunities for ANSYS simulation tools.
- Build and demonstrate custom simulation workflows using ANSYS tools tailored to IC design, 3DIC integration, and high-speed digital systems.
- Translate customer technical requirements into actionable product development requests for engineering teams.
- Deliver hands-on deployment services and training sessions.
- Collaborate with sales, product management, and R&D teams to position the ANSYS portfolio.
What you'll need
- Master's degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in an engineering software environment, supporting EDA, CAE, or CAD tools in a customer-facing or applications role.
- Direct experience with power integrity, signal integrity, and EMI simulation and measurement.
- Demonstrated use of ANSYS software or deep familiarity with competing commercial EDA platforms like Cadence, Mentor, or Ansys HFSS, SIwave.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
- Ability to travel up to 60% across Taiwan and occasionally to regional customer sites.
Skills: signal integrity, power integrity, EMI, ANSYS, EDA
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
77
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$183k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (77 roles · 22 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 77 |
| Median days open | 15 d | 53 d (−38 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $183k |
Skills observed across this category: signal integrity, power integrity, EMI, ANSYS, EDA
Who's hiring in this category
- Astera Labs · 15 open roles · median 46 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 14 open roles · median 15 d
- Qualcomm · 7 open roles · median 75 d
- Keysight Technologies · 6 open roles · median 33 d
- Microchip Technology · 4 open roles · median 46 d
- Broadcom · 3 open roles · median 50 d
How we counted: 77 open Applications FAE (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 22 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.