As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the coordination and execution of all technical activities throughout the lifecycle of a sales opportunity. This includes technical discovery, negotiation of technical success criteria, product presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations. You will also work with customers to better understand their product development requirements and what they need to improve their performance metrics.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing technical sales support and delivering professional services to customers
• Ensuring customer productivity through training and methodology support
• Helping to translate customer requirements into new product features
• Working in multidisciplinary teams to contribute to end-to-end simulation solutions

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical, chemical, aerospace, or electrical engineering, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in an engineering software environment. You should also have demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages.

In addition to your technical skills, you should be a logical problem-solver with strong interpersonal and communication skills. You should be able to project a professional image and demonstrate business acumen, driven to succeed.

If you are a motivated and innovative thinker with a solution-oriented mindset, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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You will develop subject matter expertise and industry knowledge through hands-on projects and collaboration with product development teams. You will translate customer requirements into new product features, test new releases, and develop application best practices. You will support field and digital marketing initiatives, author conference presentations, and contribute to consulting services and training classes.

As an Application Engineer, you will empower customers to solve complex engineering challenges with advanced simulation solutions. You will drive the adoption of Synopsys and Ansys products in customer workflows, expanding business opportunities. You will enhance the product portfolio by translating real-world needs into innovative features. You will establish Synopsys as a trusted partner through expert technical support and consulting.

You will contribute to the growth and reputation of the Customer Excellence team in Japan and beyond. You will advance industry standards by sharing knowledge and best practices in conferences and training sessions.

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.

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Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer

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Category: EngineeringHire Type: Employee

Job ID 16067Base Salary Range $112000-$168000Date posted 03/25/2026

We Are:

At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines.

You Are:

You are an experienced engineering professional, passionate about advancing the frontiers of high frequency electromagnetics. With a strong foundation in engineering principles and hands-on expertise in simulation tools like Ansys HFSS, STK, SIwave, or Q3D Extractor, you thrive in multidisciplinary environments and enjoy collaborating with diverse teams to solve complex technical challenges.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading the coordination and execution of all technical activities throughout the lifecycle of sales opportunities, including technical discovery, negotiation of success criteria, product presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations.

• Engaging directly with customers to understand their product development requirements and addressing application-specific design and simulation needs using Synopsys/Ansys tools.

• Developing and implementing differentiating simulation solutions, integrating Synopsys/Ansys platforms into customer workflows, and becoming a recognized expert in high frequency electromagnetics.

• Collaborating with product development teams to translate customer feedback into new product features, participating in testing new releases, and establishing best practices for application engineering.

• Supporting field and digital marketing efforts by creating promotional materials, delivering conference presentations, and contributing to event activities.

• Leading professional service deliveries, conducting training classes, and ensuring customer productivity through ongoing methodology support and technical guidance.

The Impact You Will Have:

• Empowering customers to optimize their product development processes and achieve superior performance metrics with advanced simulation solutions.

• Driving adoption of Synopsys/Ansys software by demonstrating compelling value and technical advantages to customers and stakeholders.

• Contributing to the evolution of Synopsys products by channeling real-world customer requirements into innovative features and capabilities.

• Enhancing industry best practices and establishing Synopsys as a thought leader in high frequency electromagnetics and simulation technology.

• Expanding the Synopsys business through technical sales support, professional services, and targeted marketing activities.

• Building lasting relationships with customers and partners, fostering trust and collaboration that propel Synopsys' market leadership.

What You’ll Need:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or a related field (BS+5, MS+3, PhD+0 years of experience in engineering software environments).

• Demonstrated experience with Ansys HFSS, STK, SIwave, Q3D Extractor, or other industry-standard simulation software (CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM).

• Advanced knowledge of RF circuit packaging, PCB and connector design, and simulation methodologies.

• Expertise in high frequency electromagnetics, microwave and antenna concepts, including S-parameters, wave propagation, antenna radiation patterns, scattering analysis, and component coupling/interference analysis.

• Understanding of Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference, and experience with multi-physics implications on electronic devices (thermal, stress, reliability).

Who You Are:

• Logical problem-solver with strong organizational and time management skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities; fluent in written and spoken English.

• Professional and business-savvy, projecting a credible image in all interactions.

• Self-driven, results-oriented, and able to work independently across teams and organizations.

• Adaptable and willing to travel domestically up to 25% as needed.

The Team You’ll Be A Part Of:

You will join a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of application engineers, product specialists, and sales professionals dedicated to delivering end-to-end simulation solutions for high frequency electromagnetics. The team collaborates closely with product development, marketing, and customer support to ensure Synopsys/Ansys tools make a meaningful impact across industries.

Rewards and Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.

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Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Scaling

Compensation

• $225K – $445K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

About the Team

OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops silicon and system-level solutions designed for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. The team is responsible for building the next generation of AI-native silicon while working closely with software and research partners to co-design hardware tightly integrated with AI models. In addition to delivering production-grade silicon for OpenAI’s supercomputing infrastructure, the team also creates custom design tools and methodologies that accelerate innovation and enable hardware optimized specifically for AI.

About the Role

We’re looking for signal integrity (SI) system design engineers who have a deep expertise in the SI area, and hold strong system level design knowledge

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Lead system signal integrity (SI) design for AI supercomputer product in the data center application.

• Collaborate with chip, package, boards, rack and system engineers, design partners to drive system SI design and develop innovative interconnect and high-speed technologies

• Identify and evaluate new technologies and methodologies to improve signal and power integrity in product design, and contribute to the development of new products and technology by providing expertise in signal integrity

• Perform simulation and modeling to identify and troubleshoot signal integrity issues

• Lead system interconnect design, bring up and qualification

• As the scope of the role and team grows, understand and influence roadmaps for hardware partners for our datacenter networks, racks, and buildings.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have at least 10 years of industry experience, including experience design hardware system and SerDes testing for data center applications

• Have a strong bias toward action, and won’t take no for an answer.

• Have experience and good knowledge of system design experience in the SI areas, from chip, SerDes, board, rack level

• Have experience with PCB, connector and cable design

• Have a strong intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills; and an equally strong talent for sharing that information clearly and concisely with others.

• Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions.

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