Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
12-15 years of hands-on experience in emulation, FPGA-based prototyping, ASIC design, or SoC validation
Strong command of FPGA architectures (Xilinx or Intel) and RTL design (Verilog or VHDL)
Experience with ZS5, ZeBu, HAPS platforms, or ProtoCompiler is highly desirable
Willingness to travel to customer sites for evaluations and presentations, sometimes on short notice
Responsibilities
Lead pre-sales technical engagements for FPGA prototyping platforms
Present tailored hardware verification solutions to address customer needs
Conduct technical evaluations and proof-of-concept projects
Deploy AI-based verification platforms at customer sites
Collaborate with the sales team to shape opportunity strategy
Deliver compelling product demonstrations and technical presentations
Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customer architects
Benefits
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
Financial benefits including equity and bonuses
Competitive total rewards package
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Descriptions & Requirements
Job Description and Requirements
What You'll Be Doing
Lead pre-sales technical engagements for ZS5, ZeBu-200, and HAPS FPGA prototyping platforms, working directly with prospective customers to understand their SoC, GPU, and AI design validation challenges
Present tailored hardware assisted verification solutions that address customer-specific needs around partitioning, performance, debug, and integration with their existing design and verification flows
Conduct technical evaluations, proof-of-concept projects, and benchmarks that demonstrate how Synopsys platforms solve the customer's real problems, not just theoretical capabilities
Deploy AI-based hardware assisted verification platforms at customer sites, guiding integration and proving value in their actual design environment
Collaborate closely with the sales team to shape opportunity strategy, qualify technical fit, handle objections, and move deals through the pipeline with clear technical milestones
Deliver compelling product demonstrations, technical presentations, and architecture reviews to engineering teams and executive stakeholders, translating complexity into clarity
Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customer architects and engineering leaders that extend beyond individual sales cycles and create long-term partnership opportunities
The Impact You Will Have
Your technical credibility and solution design will directly win competitive deals, growing ZS5, ZeBu-200, and HAPS revenue and expanding Synopsys footprint in strategic accounts
Proof-of-concept work you lead will de-risk customer decisions and shorten sales cycles by proving value early and clearly, turning "maybe next quarter" into signed orders
Solutions you architect will set customers up for long-term success, reducing post-sale friction and creating expansion opportunities as their design complexity grows
Customer insights you bring back from the field will shape product roadmap priorities and help R&D build features that win in competitive evaluations
Relationships you establish with key technical buyers will open doors for the sales team and create multi-year partnership opportunities that compound over time
Technical content and competitive positioning you develop will strengthen the entire field team's ability to sell emulation and prototyping platforms effectively
Your ability to translate complex prototyping challenges into clear business value will elevate how customers perceive Synopsys technical leadership and differentiation
What You'll Need
Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
12-15 years of hands-on experience in emulation, FPGA-based prototyping, ASIC design, or SoC validation, with deep understanding of RTL-to-hardware workflows and the design challenges that surface at bring-up
Strong command of FPGA architectures such as Xilinx or Intel, RTL design in Verilog or VHDL, synthesis flows, and hardware bring-up and debug techniques
Experience with ZS5, ZeBu, HAPS platforms, or ProtoCompiler is highly desirable and will accelerate your impact in customer engagements
Comfort with travel to customer sites for evaluations, presentations, and technical engagements, sometimes on short notice to support active opportunities
Who You Are
You can walk into a first meeting with a prospective customer, ask three good questions, and leave with a clear picture of what they need to see in order to move forward
When a customer raises a technical objection or competitive comparison, you address it directly with specifics: real data, real tradeoffs, no deflection or vague promises
You work seamlessly with sales. You understand their goals, you communicate pipeline status clearly, and you help them shape deals without waiting to be asked
You present technical content in a way that lands with different audiences, whether you are walking an engineer through a partitioning flow or explaining prototype ROI to a program manager
You stay organized across multiple active opportunities, managing evaluations, follow-ups, and deliverables without letting anything fall through the cracks
You care about winning, but you care just as much about winning the right way, setting up customers for success so they come back and expand
The Team You'll Be Part Of
Your recruiter will share more about the team structure and mission during the interview process.
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In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request. The base salary range for this role is across the U.S.
About Synopsys Inc
Synopsys, Inc. is an American electronic design automation company that focuses on silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property and software security and quality. Products include logic synthesis, behavioral synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, formal verification, hardware description language (SystemC, SystemVerilog/Verilog, VHDL) simulators, as well as transistor-level circuit simulation. The simulators include development and debugging environments which assist in the design of the logic for chips and computer systems.
