Principal Applications Engineer - Physical Verification
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving and supporting Physical Verification solutions for customers using tools like IC Validator and Calibre, with a focus on advanced process nodes.
What you'll do
- Drive IC Validator evaluations and competitive benchmarks from initial setup through production signoff adoption.
- Develop, customize, and debug Physical Verification rule decks and runsets for DRC, LVS, FILL, and PERC across advanced process nodes.
- Solve complex customer issues spanning tool behavior, runset logic, design methodology, and foundry rule interpretation.
- Lead technical demonstrations, training sessions, and hands-on customer engagements.
- Build and support AI/ML and agentic applications for Physical Verification, including intelligent debug and workflow automation.
- Script and automate Physical Verification flows using Python, TCL, Perl, and shell scripting.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, VLSI, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of hands-on industry experience in Physical Verification, including DRC, LVS, FILL, and PERC methodologies.
- Deep experience with Physical Verification tools such as IC Validator, Calibre, Assura, or equivalent EDA solutions.
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, TCL, Perl, or shell scripting.
- Proven ability to develop, qualify, and debug Physical Verification rule decks and runsets for complex designs.
- Familiarity with Physical Design flows using Fusion Compiler or Innovus, and custom layout environments like Custom Compiler or Virtuoso.
Skills: Physical Verification, IC Validator, Calibre, DRC, LVS
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 24-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
111
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Median days open
24 d
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Median salary
$168k
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| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (111 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 56 | 111 |
| Median days open | 21 d | 24 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: Physical Verification, IC Validator, Calibre, DRC, LVS
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys (this employer) · 56 open roles · median 21 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 24 open roles · median 41 d
- Renesas Electronics · 11 open roles · median 42 d
- Keysight Technologies · 8 open roles · median 64 d
- GlobalFoundries · 3 open roles · median 91 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 81 d
How we counted: 111 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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. Figures refresh nightly.