Principal Application Engineer - EDA Verification - Remote
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves serving as a primary technical resource for customers, supporting their verification workflows using Synopsys EDA tools.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary technical resource for customers across Sweden and the Nordic region, supporting verification workflows using Synopsys EDA tools including VCS, Verdi, and VC Formal.
- Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in customer design environments.
- Collaborate with Synopsys R&D teams to escalate critical customer issues, provide field feedback, and influence product roadmap.
- Mentor and develop junior applications engineers.
- Deliver technical presentations, training sessions, and best practice guidance to customer teams on verification methodologies and tool usage.
- Act as a regional technical leader, representing customer needs internally and driving solutions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related semiconductor or electronics discipline.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in semiconductor design, ASIC development, or EDA applications engineering.
- Strong foundation in digital design verification concepts, methodologies, and flows.
- Based in or near Stockholm, Sweden, with opportunity to travel regularly within the Nordic region and occasionally internationally.
- Proven ability to work directly with customer engineering teams, diagnose technical issues in complex environments, and drive them to resolution.
- Solid communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Skills: EDA tools, VCS, Verdi, VC Formal, verification workflows, customer support
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 85-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
682
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Median days open
85 d
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Median salary
$200k
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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 (682 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 57 | 682 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 89 | 1414 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 60 d | 85 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $200k |
Skills observed across this category: EDA tools, VCS, Verdi, VC Formal, verification workflows, customer support
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 169 open roles · median 148 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 55 open roles · median 62 d
- NVIDIA · 46 open roles · median 67 d
- Micron Technology · 37 open roles · median 118 d
- Qualcomm · 37 open roles · median 64 d
- Intel Corporation · 28 open roles · median 28 d
How we counted: 682 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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 — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.