Principal Analog Methodology Specialist & AI Enthusiast

Synopsys • Boxborough, MA

8d • $165,000 - $247,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Synopsys, our Silicon IP business is expanding to serve growing demand for special-purpose silicon. We are moving beyond traditional standards-based IP into application-optimized IP (AOIP), helping customers develop differentiated silicon tailored to specific workloads and system architectures. As AI drives demand for custom silicon across hyperscalers and system companies, we use our interface IP leadership, system expertise, and engineering scale to deliver optimized IP subsystems and platforms that accelerate time-to-market while improving performance and efficiency. The acceleration of frontier intelligence is fueling an unprecedented demand for compute power while increasing system complexity, and purpose-built silicon is reshaping the IP market.

You are an experienced and passionate Analog Methodology Engineer with a deep understanding of mixed-signal circuit design principles and emerging AI/ML technologies. You thrive in a collaborative environment and work well with a cross-functional team of experts. Your hands-on experience with transistor-level simulation, reliability analysis, and static timing analysis (STA) sets you apart. You are proficient in scripting and automation, and you use those skills to streamline design processes and mentor other engineers. You apply AI and machine learning to analog circuit optimization, your knowledge spans analog and mixed-signal circuits, and you have a strong background in silicon IP release requirements. You are also credible with customers, product teams, and foundries, and you can turn methodology strategy into decisions other organizations will adopt. Your communication is clear, and you are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and committed to excellence.

The Analog Integration Team (AIT) exists to coordinate and accelerate methodology adoption across analog and adjacent engineering domains, including circuit-to-layout, circuit-to-timing, silicon-to-lab correlation, SI/PI integration, and other mixed-signal cross-domain workflows. In this role, you will:

Provide clear ownership for analog and adjacent-domain methodology areas.
Act as the focal point for customer-driven methodology requirements and integration challenges.
Be accountable for prioritization, adoption, stakeholder engagement, and execution.
Improve coordination across product teams and adjacent engineering organizations, including engagement with customers and foundries.
Support methodology for application-optimized IP and the special-purpose silicon customers are building for specific workloads and system architectures.

The Impact You Will Have:

Establish sustainable ownership for analog and adjacent-domain methodologies.
Improve responsiveness to customer methodology requirements.
Reduce ambiguity on methodology ownership and escalation paths.
Improve alignment between methodology strategy and execution.
Accelerate methodology adoption for strategic initiatives and customers, including application-optimized IP for special-purpose silicon.
Provide measurable accountability for methodology development, deployment, and customer engagement.

You will join the Analog Integration Team (AIT). AIT coordinates and accelerates methodology adoption across analog and adjacent engineering domains. The team owns those methods end-to-end: customer requirements, integration challenges, prioritization, stakeholder engagement, and execution. You will work with product teams, adjacent engineering organizations, and directly with customers and foundries. The team’s job is to turn methodology strategy into accountable action and to help strategic IP programs adopt it faster.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of mixed-signal circuit design principles and emerging AI/ML technologies.
• Hands-on experience with transistor-level simulation, reliability analysis, and static timing analysis (STA).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Ability to apply AI and machine learning to analog circuit optimization.
• Knowledge spans analog and mixed-signal circuits.
• Strong background in silicon IP release requirements.
• Credibility with customers, product teams, and foundries.
• Ability to turn methodology strategy into decisions other organizations will adopt.
• Clear communication skills.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and committed to excellence.
• Extensive expertise in analog and mixed-signal methodology, including circuit-to-layout, circuit-to-timing, silicon-to-lab correlation, SI/PI integration, and the workflow gaps between those steps.
• Deep enough knowledge of transistor-level design, CMOS fundamentals, reliability effects, and SPICE to judge whether a methodology will hold for a customer design.
• Experience turning customer methodology requirements into integration solutions.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation to prototype those flows.
• Ability to apply AI where it improves them.

Nice To Haves

• MSEE or PhD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear ownership for analog and adjacent-domain methodology areas.
• Act as the focal point for customer-driven methodology requirements and integration challenges.
• Be accountable for prioritization, adoption, stakeholder engagement, and execution.
• Improve coordination across product teams and adjacent engineering organizations, including engagement with customers and foundries.
• Support methodology for application-optimized IP and the special-purpose silicon customers are building for specific workloads and system architectures.
• Establish sustainable ownership for analog and adjacent-domain methodologies.
• Improve responsiveness to customer methodology requirements.
• Reduce ambiguity on methodology ownership and escalation paths.
• Improve alignment between methodology strategy and execution.
• Accelerate methodology adoption for strategic initiatives and customers, including application-optimized IP for special-purpose silicon.
• Provide measurable accountability for methodology development, deployment, and customer engagement.
• Determine the methods and procedures for new or specialized assignments, and review and may approve the work of others.
• Take on significant and unique issues, including cases where the important factors are not all explicit.
• Use independent judgment to select the methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria needed to achieve critical results.
• Act as the technical lead for customer methodology requirements.
• Champion the methodology and integration solutions that close the workflow gaps those requirements expose.
• Communicate within and outside your function.
• Influence adjacent teams in ambiguous or sensitive situations, and represent the work to executive leadership when it is significant.
• Partner with the automation and AI team to prototype, automate, and apply AI on these flows where it is useful.

Benefits

• Comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits.
• Total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.
• Annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Inclusive work culture supporting diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the recruitment and employment process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal