Principal SoC Solutions Engineer-18804
Originally posted 13 September 2026 by the employer.
Specializing in Memory Interface IP solutions.
About the role
This role involves leading complex customer engagements for the integration, bring-up, and deployment of Memory Interface PHY IP, including HBM, DDR, and LPDDR, as well as Controller IP solutions. The focus is on solving complex customer challenges related to Memory Interface and Interface IP.
What you'll do
- Lead complex customer engagements for the integration, bring-up, and deployment of Memory Interface PHY IP, including HBM, DDR, and LPDDR, and Controller IP solutions.
- Drive technical resolution of significant customer issues involving integration, silicon bring-up, debug, and deployment across complex design environments.
- Serve as a key technical interface between customers and internal engineering teams.
- Deliver technical presentations, training, and guidance to strengthen customer understanding and successful deployment.
- Create and improve technical documentation, collateral, and enablement materials.
- Stay current with evolving interface and memory protocols such as DDR5, LPDDR6, MRDIMM2, HBM4, PCIe, Ethernet, and UCIe.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering or a related field with a VLSI focus.
- 10+ years of industry experience with Memory Interface IP such as DDR, LPDDR, and HBM, or other Interface IP including PCIe, Ethernet, and UCIe.
- Deep experience with customer-facing applications engineering, technical support, or deployment of complex IP solutions.
- Hands-on experience with silicon bring-up, lab debug, and post-silicon technical problem-solving.
- Strong understanding of Controller IPs, AMBA bus interfaces, AXI, backend engineering, and ASIC design flows.
- Proficiency in Linux, Verilog and/or VHDL, and relevant ASIC development environments.
Skills: Memory Interface IP, DDR, HBM, PCIe, silicon bring-up
This role has been open 30 days — well below the 57-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
89
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$183k
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| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (89 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 89 |
| Median days open | 29 d | 57 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $183k |
Skills observed across this category: Memory Interface IP, DDR, HBM, PCIe, silicon bring-up
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 29 d
- Astera Labs · 16 open roles · median 61 d
- Keysight Technologies · 9 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 67 d
- Microchip Technology · 6 open roles · median 43 d
- Marvell Technology · 5 open roles · median 173 d
How we counted: 89 open Applications FAE (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.