Staff Application Engineer – STA / Signoff
Originally posted 18 May 2026 by the employer.
Support customer deployment and optimization for PrimeTime, RedHawk-SC, and the Synopsys Seascape platform.
About the role
As a Staff Application Engineer – STA / Signoff, you will support the deployment, debugging, and adoption of Synopsys signoff solutions across semiconductor companies, IP providers, and foundries. You will address complex SoC and 3DIC challenges spanning static timing analysis, power integrity, signal integrity, and reliability signoff.
What you'll do
- Provide technical support for static timing analysis (STA), power integrity (PDN/EMIR), signal integrity, and reliability signoff. - Engage with customers across pre-sales and post-sales phases, managing issues end-to-end through deployment, debugging, and optimization. - Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues involving tools such as PrimeTime, RedHawk-SC (RHSC), PrimeClosure, PTECO, and Tweaker. - Deploy and support the Synopsys Seascape platform to drive adoption across customer flows. - Collaborate with internal product engineering teams to guide product improvements using direct customer feedback. - Develop best practices, knowledge base content, and reusable solutions for internal and external stakeholders.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in semiconductor design, with expertise in STA, timing closure, ECO, or PDN/EMIR at block or SoC level. - Hands-on experience with tools such as PrimeTime, RHSC (RedHawk-SC), PrimeClosure, PTECO, or Tweaker. - Strong understanding of signoff flows, timing analysis, power integrity, and reliability. - Experience supporting customers or working in application engineering, customer engineering, or similar roles. - Programming and scripting skills to automate workflows and solve engineering challenges. - Ability to debug and solve complex design issues independently.
Skills: Synopsys signoff solutions, static timing analysis (STA), PrimeTime, RedHawk-SC, customer support
This role has been open 157 days — well above the 68-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
701
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$189k
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| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (701 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 62 | 701 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 108 | 1489 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 43 d | 68 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $189k |
Skills observed across this category: Synopsys signoff solutions, static timing analysis (STA), PrimeTime, RedHawk-SC, customer support
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 154 open roles · median 151 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 62 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 44 open roles · median 51 d
- GlobalFoundries · 39 open roles · median 25 d
- Qualcomm · 38 open roles · median 75 d
- Keysight Technologies · 34 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 701 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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 Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.