Principal Engineer, Applications Engineering — Bengaluru, India
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN
About the Role
Job Title
Principal Engineer, Applications Engineering — Bengaluru, India
Role Summary
As a Principal Applications Engineer on the Applications Engineering team in Bengaluru, you will support customers using Synopsys tools, diagnose technical issues, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to drive product adoption and quality.
Primary mission: deliver technical solutions and guidance to customers, enable successful deployments, and provide actionable feedback to product development.
Experience Level
Senior (Principal). Years of experience not specified.
Responsibilities
Typical responsibilities include:
• Provide advanced technical support and issue resolution for customers using EDA tools.
• Develop and deliver product demonstrations, proofs of concept, and training sessions.
• Diagnose, reproduce, and debug customer-reported problems; create workarounds and document fixes.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to prioritize defects and feature requests.
• Create test cases, application notes, and sample flows to validate product behavior.
• Engage with customers onsite and remotely to ensure successful tool deployment and adoption.
Requirements
Key requirements (must-have vs nice-to-have):
• Must-have: Proven experience in applications engineering, customer support, or EDA tool usage; strong troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Must-have: Experience working with customers to reproduce and resolve complex technical issues.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with ASIC/SoC design flows, scripting (Python, Tcl, Shell), and familiarity with EDA tool chains.
• Nice-to-have: Prior experience providing training, demos, or technical consulting to engineering teams.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
About the Company
Company: Synopsys
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA
Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.
Date Posted: 2026-04-27
Ideal Candidate
Someone who has spent 8+ years progressing from field support or solutions engineering into customer-facing technical leadership, ideally at an EDA or semiconductor tools company.
Estimated Salary Range(medium confidence)
₹20 L – ₹32 L per year
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- 1.Walk us through a time you debugged a critical customer issue in an EDA tool where the root cause wasn't obvious—how did you isolate it and what did you learn?
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