Staff Engineer (R&D Engineering)

Category Engineering Hire Type Employee Job ID 13274 Remote Eligible Yes Date Posted 27/11/2025

We are looking for skilled and passionate engineers to join an international team in our leading company of the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry. They will evolve with highly skilled and professional people on leading-edge technologies, actively contributing to technical challenges.

Responsibilities:

• You will contribute to the design, development, and validation of the complex software that drives ZeBu emulation and prototyping products.
• You will be in charge of software projects from specification to internal delivery, then documentation and support.
• You will challenge yourself and others for delivering the best products performance, while staying focused on the end-user experience.
• You will align with the company processes for delivering quality project in a timely manner.
• Working on R&D projects involving different hardware, firmware and software teams, you will work closely with local ones as well as some located in Europe, India, and North America.

Job requirements:

• At least 8-10 years of professional experience in software development.
• MS or PhD, in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Fluent French (reading, writing, speaking).
• Technical English (reading, writing, speaking).
• Good communication skills (writing, speaking).
• Solid software engineering skills (specification, design, development, unit/integration tests, optimization, maintenance).
• Proficient Verilog/VHDL programming skills, including object-oriented design.
• Sound FPGA programing and understanding. In particular Xilinx Virtex FPGAs knowledge.
• Solid analysis and problem-solving.
• Experienced in Linux based environment (shell, makefile).
• Ability to manage several tasks and address projects with schedule constraints.
• Work autonomously, address assignments in creative and innovative ways.

Nice to have knowledge or experience:

• Experienced with development and troubleshooting of multi-threaded/process software.
• Experienced with developing hardware architectures.
• Experienced with debug and profiling tools on Hardware and Software (Gdb, Collect, Vtune, or any equivalent tool).
• Scripting languages (Bash, Tcl, Python, Perl).
• HW description languages (Verilog, Vhdl).
• Knowledge of EDA or experience in EDA tool development is a plus.

At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

Our Silicon Design & Verification business is all about building high-performance silicon chips—faster. We’re the world’s leading provider of solutions for designing and verifying advanced silicon chips. And we design the next-generation processes and models needed to manufacture those chips. We enable our customers to optimize chips for power, cost, and performance—eliminating months off their project schedules.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.