Front-End Design Architect
Originally posted 4 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role focuses on architecting and delivering reference subsystem designs for Synopsys digital and mixed-signal IP portfolios.
What you'll do
- Apply agentic AI techniques to front-end design workflows using internal and external AI tools.
- Architect and deliver reference subsystem designs for Synopsys digital and mixed-signal IP portfolios.
- Troubleshoot, optimize, and debug design flows across tools, scripts, and methodologies.
- Build and document reusable design methodologies that scale across global teams.
- Educate engineering teams through technical presentations, design reviews, and hands-on mentorship.
- Collaborate with EDA tool teams, IP developers, and customer-facing engineers to align methodology.
- Drive adoption of best practices in front-end design, leveraging Synopsys tools like VCS, VC Spyglass, Fusion Compiler, and TestMAX.
What you'll need
- 10 to 15 years of hands-on experience in IP or SoC design and verification.
- Deep expertise in at least one area of front-end design such as verification, constraints and synthesis, DFT and test insertion, or lint and CDC.
- Strong working knowledge of agentic AI technologies and their application to design automation and EDA workflows.
- Proficiency with Synopsys EDA tools including VCS, VC Spyglass, Design Compiler, Fusion Compiler, or TestMAX in production environments.
- Solid programming and scripting skills in SystemVerilog, UVM, Tcl, Python, or similar languages.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated ability to document technical work clearly and communicate methodology across distributed, global engineering teams.
Skills: front-end design workflows, AI techniques, EDA tools, VCS, Fusion Compiler
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 84-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
692
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Median days open
84 d
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Median salary
$193k
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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 (692 roles · 76 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 54 | 692 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 87 | 1430 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 35 d | 84 d (−49 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $193k |
Skills observed across this category: front-end design workflows, AI techniques, EDA tools, VCS, Fusion Compiler
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 165 open roles · median 167 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 52 open roles · median 35 d
- NVIDIA · 41 open roles · median 73 d
- Micron Technology · 40 open roles · median 114 d
- Qualcomm · 37 open roles · median 74 d
- GlobalFoundries · 28 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 692 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 76 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.