Formal Verification Product Focused Application Engineer jobs at Siemens in United States, Fremont

As an Applications Engineer at Siemens EDA, you will be responsible for sales and technical support of Catapult High Level Synthesis platform.

This includes, but is not limited to the following activities:

Job Duties:

• Assisting Account Managers to determine sales execution strategy by identifying and qualifying the match-up between customer needs and Siemens EDA solutions.
• Delivering technical presentations and product demonstrations.
• Creating and executing winning evaluations, and driving technical engagements to success and business win.
• Supporting customers with deployment of Catapult HLS solutions and continued proliferation into broader design groups and user base.
• Providing technical support to customers in both pre-sales and post-sales situations including technical problem resolution and training.
• Performing beta testing and collaborating with R&D and Marketing to assist and shape product direction.
• Moderate domestic travel is required when Covid is under control.
• This position is mostly remote. Anywhere in the US/Canada.

Job Qualifications:

• Proficiency in C/C++/SystemC and VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog is required.
• Strong understanding of Digital design practices and methodology
• Ability to code for synthesis targeting ASIC/FPGA using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog or HLS using C++/systemC
• 5+ years of proven hands-on experience in ASIC/FPGA design using RTL or HLS
• Good understand of power, performance, area tradeoffs.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Requires BS EE/CS or MS EE/CS.

***This position may be located in Fremont CA ***

Job Qualifications

• Candidates for this position should have a strong interest in supporting enabling software technology for RET.
• MSEE/ MS or Ph.D. Physics, Physical Chemistry, Microelectronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field is required.
• Candidates should have a working familiarity with Unix and Linux OS, and previous experience with TCL, Perl, Python scripting, or C programming, while not necessary, is desirable.
• A good understanding of semiconductor processing and lithography is highly desirable.
• A detailed understanding of photoresist chemistry is a plus, as is any experience with OPC modeling, OPC set-up, lithographic processing, and OPC software development is a plus.
• The position requires well-developed written and oral communication skills.
• 3~5 years of OPC Modeling industry experience is required.

Position Overview

This position will be part of the AFS R&D team, focused on circuit simulation. As a key member of a highly proficient, productive, and motivated R&D team, developing industry’s leading circuit simulator, using cutting edge software development techniques, you will be offered:

• Technical challenges to solve toughest nanometer scale circuit verification problems for the leading semiconductor companies in the world.
• A motivating, stimulating, and rewarding work environment
• Excellent training and growth opportunities throughout your career
• Attractive compensation and benefits

• Develop new and compatibility features for the core circuit simulator.
• Participate in the specification, architecture, design, and development of features
• Enhance core circuit simulator, e.g., performance, accuracy, capacity, convergence.
• Maintain and enhance compatibility with other simulators.
• Profile and identify bottlenecks in performance of various analyses for very large circuits.
• Improve numerical algorithms used in the core engine.
• Debug difficult testcases with accuracy, performance, capacity, or functional issues.
• Extend and maintain the capabilities of the AFS circuit simulator.
• Be a force for improving development processes and product quality.
• Work effectively with globally distributed engineering teams and the Product Validation team

• Minimum 7 years of proven strong background in developing efficient, high-quality software for engineering applications using numerical methods and sparse matrix techniques
• Deep understanding of numerical methods and sparse matrix techniques
• Working knowledge of analog electrical circuit analysis
• Outstanding programming skills in C and C++, preferably on Linux platform
• Proficiency in memory optimization, high-performance data structures and algorithms
• Advanced multithreading programming experience.
• Understanding of advanced computer architectures
• Solid background in object-oriented design and software engineering processes.
• Self-motivated individual with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Highly motivated to work in globally distributed engineering environment
• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or relevant area

Desirable:
• Understanding of the internal workings of a circuit simulator
• Knowledge of Verilog-A and modeling in Verilog-A.
• Background in semiconductor devices and their modeling
• Python programming experience
• EDA industry level work experience

• M.S or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or relevant