Product engineer in EDA software

Siemens EDA is a global technology leader in Electronic Design Automation software. Our software tools enable companies around the world to develop highly innovative electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. Our customers use our tools to push the boundaries of technology and physics to deliver better products in the increasingly complex world of chip, board, and system design. In this role, you will work at the intersection of customers, Application Engineering, Product Management, and R&D. You will engage directly with leading semiconductor companies to understand complex design challenges, translate those challenges into product requirements and new use models, and work closely with engineering teams to develop, validate, and deploy solutions including AI enabled and agentic

• Serve as a technical expert for Calibre DesignEnhancer and related Calibre physical design and verification solutions.
• Work directly with semiconductor customers and field Application Engineers to understand physical-design challenges, workflows, and emerging requirements.
• Translate customer problems and market needs into clearly defined product requirements, use cases, specifications, and success criteria.
• Work closely with Calibre R&D throughout the product development lifecycle, from concept and prototype through validation, deployment, and production release.
• Evaluate new product capabilities on representative and customer designs and provide detailed technical feedback to R&D.
• Investigate complex customer and design-flow problems, perform root-cause analysis, and develop practical solutions or new methodologies.
• Develop expertise in DesignEnhancer use models including layout optimization, via enhancement, power-grid enhancement, and physical-verification readiness.
• Work with physical design and signoff flows involving place and route, DRC, power integrity, EM/IR analysis, and related design technologies.
• Identify emerging semiconductor design trends, customer challenges, competitive solutions, and opportunities for new DesignEnhancer capabilities and use models.
• Support customer evaluations, benchmarks, early-adopter programs, and deployment of new product capabilities.
• Partner with Application Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, and other Siemens EDA product teams to drive successful customer adoption.
• Communicate product capabilities and technical concepts through customer presentations, demonstrations, training, application notes, white papers, and other technical material.
• Represent customer and field requirements within the product organization and help prioritize development based on technical and business impact.
• Collaborate effectively across geographically distributed engineering, product, and customer teams.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed for customer engagements and industry activities.

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience in physical design, physical verification, EDA product engineering, applications engineering, design methodology, or a related area.
• Strong understanding of the IC physical-design flow, including several of the following: Floorplanning and place and route, Routing and design closure, Physical verification and DRC, Power distribution networks, Electromigration and IR-drop considerations, Physical implementation and signoff flows.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical problems, determine root causes, and develop practical solutions.
• Experience working with EDA tools in production semiconductor design flows.
• Ability to understand customer requirements and translate them into clear technical requirements for software development teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to different audiences.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with R&D, field engineering, customers, and other product teams.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Scripting or automation experience using Python, Tcl, shell scripting, or similar languages.
• Будет плюсом: Hands-on experience with Calibre physical verification products, particularly Calibre DRC or related Calibre technologies; Experience with Calibre DesignEnhancer, Calibre RealTime, or other shift-left physical-design and verification methodologies; Hands-on experience with industry-standard place-and-route tools such as Cadence Innovus or Synopsys Fusion Compiler/ICC2; Experience with advanced-node physical implementation and the associated DRC, routing, power-integrity, and design-closure challenges; Knowledge of EM/IR analysis, power-grid design and optimization, via optimization, filler/DCAP insertion, or related physical-design techniques; Familiarity with semiconductor design data and interface formats such as LEF/DEF, GDSII, OASIS, and related physical-design formats; Experience working with foundry technologies, process design kits, or foundry enablement; Experience defining or driving new EDA product features from initial customer requirement through production release; Experience supporting product evaluations, benchmarks, or early-access programs with semiconductor customers; Experience developing technical presentations, demonstrations, training material, application notes, or other product collateral; Understanding of competitive physical-design and physical-verification solutions and broader semiconductor industry trends

• Working at Siemens Software means flexibility - Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here.
• We offer phenomenal benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software.