Principal Modeling Engineer, Field Applications
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer — open 2 days.
About the role
This role involves building and validating semiconductor models to predict real silicon behavior for advanced process nodes. You will focus on generating and maintaining compact models for customer OPC engagements.
What you'll do
- Calibrate and validate semiconductor models for advanced process nodes using customer wafer data, test structures, and characterization results.
- Generate and maintain compact models for customer OPC engagements, ensuring accuracy and performance across lithography workflows.
- Debug complex modeling issues at customer sites, collaborating with Field Applications Engineers to resolve calibration failures, data quality problems, and deployment blockers.
- Build and maintain automated validation and regression environments to preemptively identify model quality issues.
- Collaborate with R&D and Product Engineering to translate field requirements into product enhancements.
- Deliver technical training and enablement to customers, supporting evaluations, benchmarks, and proof-of-concept work.
- Develop best practices, methodology documentation, and workflow automation to enhance modeling productivity.
What you'll need
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Semiconductor Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years building, calibrating, or validating semiconductor device models in TCAD, SPICE, or lithography modeling contexts.
- Deep understanding of semiconductor device physics and how process technology choices affect model behavior and accuracy.
- Experience developing compact models and working through calibration methodologies that balance accuracy, runtime, and usability.
- Proven track record supporting customer-facing technical engagements where you were the expert in the room solving real deployment problems.
Skills: semiconductor models, TCAD, SPICE, lithography modeling, OPC, customer-facing
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 36-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
93
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Median days open
36 d
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Median salary
$158k
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| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (93 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 44 | 93 |
| Median days open | 4 d | 36 d (−32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: semiconductor models, TCAD, SPICE, lithography modeling, OPC, customer-facing
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys (this employer) · 42 open roles · median 4 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 20 open roles · median 60 d
- Renesas Electronics · 14 open roles · median 36 d
- Keysight Technologies · 6 open roles · median 66 d
- GlobalFoundries · 3 open roles · median 71 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 61 d
How we counted: 93 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.