Sr Staff Application Engineer- FPGA
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
Help customers leverage ZeBu, HAPS, and ProtoCompiler platforms for hardware-assisted verification.
About the role
This role involves leading pre-sales technical engagements for hardware-assisted verification platforms, focusing on customer SoC, GPU, and AI design validation challenges. You will work with ZeBu, HAPS, and ProtoCompiler platforms that define the category.
What you'll do
- Lead pre-sales technical engagements for ZeBu-200, ZS5 Emulation, and HAPS FPGA prototyping platforms.
- Present tailored hardware-assisted verification solutions addressing customer needs around partitioning, performance, debug, and integration with RTL and simulation flows.
- Conduct technical evaluations, proof-of-concept projects, and benchmarks.
- Deploy AI-based hardware-assisted verification platforms at customer sites, guiding setup, configuration, and workflow integration.
- Collaborate with the sales team to shape opportunity strategy and qualify technical fit.
- Deliver product demonstrations, technical presentations, and architecture reviews to engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 10-12 years of hands-on experience in emulation, FPGA-based prototyping, ASIC design, or SoC validation.
- Deep understanding of RTL-to-hardware workflows and associated design challenges.
- Strong command of FPGA architectures such as Xilinx or Intel.
- Proficiency in RTL design in Verilog or VHDL, synthesis flows, and hardware bring-up and debug under real project constraints.
- Comfort with travel to customer sites for evaluations, presentations, and technical engagements.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 62-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1010
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (1010 roles · 97 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 86 | 1010 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 167 | 3195 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 62 d (−39 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 143 open roles · median 60 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 82 open roles · median 24 d
- AMD · 73 open roles · median 35 d
- Analog Devices · 48 open roles · median 40 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 48 open roles · median 77 d
- NVIDIA · 45 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 1010 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 97 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 — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.