Staff R&D Engineer, Accelerated Verification Tools-16955

General Information

Job Title Staff R&D Engineer, Accelerated Verification Tools-16955 Job ID 16955 City Sunnyvale State/Province California Date Posted 10-Apr-2026 Job Category Engineering Job Subcategory R&D Engineering Hire Type Employee Remote Eligible No Base Salary Range: $138000 - $207000

Descriptions & Requirements

Job Description and Requirements

Overview
 Synopsys software engineers are key enablers in the world of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), developing and maintaining software used in chip design, verification, and manufacturing. In this role, you will develop high-performance simulation solutions utilizing GPU acceleration and parallel programming to tackle complex EDA challenges.

 

You Are
 A passionate engineer specializing in simulation and verification, you excel at utilizing high-performance computing to solve complex problems. With expertise in HDL (System Verilog/VHDL), C++, and parallel models, you thrive on innovation and collaborate effectively across teams to deliver scalable solutions.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing/Optimizing accelerated verification tools using massive parallelism and GPU technologies.
• Implementing and troubleshooting advanced graph algorithms to manage complex hardware designs.
• Developing GPU kernels (CUDA/HIP/DPC++) to reduce simulation runtimes.
• Leveraging multi-threaded programming (OpenMP/TBB) to maximize throughput.
• Debugging functionality and performance of compiler enhancements and optimizations.

 

The Impact You Will Have

• Accelerating customer chip development cycles and enabling next-generation silicon design.
• Driving innovation in GPU-powered algorithms.
• Empowering engineering teams to achieve faster RTL sign-off.

 

What You’ll Need

• Proficiency in C/C++ and performance profiling.
• Knowledge of GPU computing (CUDA/HIP/DPC++) and parallel memor