Siemens EDA is a global technology leader in Electronic Design Automation software.  Our software tools enable companies around the world to develop new and highly innovative electronic products faster and more cost-effectively.  Our customers use our tools to push the boundaries of technology and physics in order to deliver better products in the increasingly complex world of chip, board and system design.   

Are you ready to build a career in a rapidly growing and constantly innovating Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry? Do you enjoy working with cutting edge technology and solving the most challenging and demanding problems of the new decade? Are you interested in working across a range of areas from application engineering support and management, verification and validation of complex semiconductor ICs, system testing, and beyond? If so, Mentor, A Siemens Business could be the place for you!

Job Description:

With a long term legacy of success, innovation and customer awards, Mentor, A Siemens Business is the world's largest provider of Digital Software to the semiconductor industry. We enable companies to develop better electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. Our innovative products and solutions help engineers conquer design challenges in the increasingly complex worlds of board and chip design. We have a unique company culture. With its corporate headquarters in Wilsonville, Oregon and market dominance in the Americas and other continents around the world, we value ethical action in all of our endeavors. Integrity is a critical component of who we are and what we do. We also value truthful communication. We strive to build trusting relationships with our employees, customers, and partners which have a positive influence in creating winning results. Recognition for individual and team achievement at Mentor is regularly awarded. We never forget that it's the hard work and dedication of our people that wins our company recognition with our customers and within our industry. Working for Mentor, A Siemens Business is working for the leader in its class. Our employees are self-motivated and have come to expect competent leadership from our managers and executives.

This Applications Engineer (AE) position delivers technical expertise for Functional Verification of digital, mixed-signal, and analog IC chip designs based on Mentor’s Questa Verification IP (QVIP) products and services. It provides support for both pre-sales and post-sales assessment of customer needs as well as quick implementation/execution of the solution. You'll work on cutting edge IP protocols working side by side with our customers in close collaboration with R&D and marketing in a cross-functional, interdependent environment. This is an ideal position for candidates who like to interact with and influence others, possess strong design and/or verification background, requiring both in depth knowledge of HDL and HVL, as well as strong desire and passion for driving solutions in standard and custom protocols e.g. DDR, PCIE, ETHERNET, USB, Serial, AMBA, other to meet customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership in the sales and support of a wide range of Verification IP technologies for our leading edge customers
• Integrates target Questa VIP products and services (at the block/chip/system level) and ensures expected behavior in customer's environments

• Perform assessments of customer environments and requirements, providing expertise on topics such as: Verification planning, VIP integration and bring up, Functional verification and modeling of digital/mixed-signal ASICs and SoCs, Failure analysis and resolution, Coverage analysis, RTL/Gate-simulations, Regression debug and other flow/infrastructure development and testing

• Accountable for the uncovering, scoping, and technical validity of the Questa VIP solutions to achieve the customer's design and verification objectives
• Keeps other technical peers (country wide) informed of new and emerging technologies, share best practices and information
• Become a trusted advisor to customer's business problems and eventually earns the trust to influence customer's decision process and business objectives
• Articulate customer’s technical needs and requirements to product engineering, influence and shape product direction
• Deliver ongoing customer training classes and consulting related to advance VIP topics, as well as assist in driving the adoption of these into customer design and verification process, participate in developing technical white papers, attend local and regional technical seminars and technology conferences to educate and promote Questa VIP solutions and network with attendees

Travel:

Approximately 25% travel to various local customer sites.

Skills & Requirements:

• BS in electrical, computer or electronics engineering, computer science, or equivalent discipline with 3+ years of verification or related experience
• MS in electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent discipline with 2+ years of verification or related experience
• Strong background with HDLs (e.g. Verilog, VHDL), HVLs (e.g. SystemVerilog/UVM, OVM, AVM, Vera, Specman, OOP), System C and methodologies (e.g. Directed/Constraint Random, UPF, Coverage, Assertion)
• Demonstrated experience with Advance Test Bench creation and Simulation of complex SoC environments, makefile creation, use of Python, Perl, C/C++ scripts
• Strong trouble shooting, triage and debugging skills
• General knowledge in the areas of Verification IP protocols e.g. AMBA, USB, ETHERNET, PCIE, other leading protocols
• Deep working knowledge in the areas of Verification IP protocols for Memory Sub-systems e.g. DDR, HBM, Flash, other
• Ability to work in a fast paced, results oriented, team environment
• Positive attitude and good communication skills
• Energetic and self-motivated

Additional Skills Preferred (but not required):

• Prior 2+ years Applications Engineering experience is a plus
• Knowledge of semiconductor IC industry – ASIC, SoC, Memory, Interconnect, CPU architectures, embedded systems
• Knowledge and experience in emerging technologies – AI, ML, 5G, Automotive, IoT, Networking and Functional Safety (FuSa)
• Real Number Modelling (RNM) design, simulation and measurement experience
• Formal Property Checking, Clock Domain Crossing, Hardware Emulation and FPGA prototyping methodology