Senior Application Engineer (Embedded, Automotive Domain)

Senior Applications Engineer:

We are looking for an experienced Application Engineer for virtualization of automotive systems: You will be using our tools to help customer engineers to transfer their work from hardware-based development tools (HiLs, test rigs, PiLs,...) into the virtual world. You are their guide and support into the age of simulation-driven development and validation of highly complex technical systems. You will enable productivity growth of teams and departments with virtualization technology to ensure customers can meet their challenging quality and time-to-market goals.

In this role you will partner with sales and customer technical leaders to identify business challenges, develop effective technical solutions for new accounts and increase utilization and retention of products on current accounts. Typical activities include product demonstrations, evaluations, training, support for product usage, and tracking of issues reported by customer. Additionally, you will provide inputs to R&D to enhance our products and promote Synopsys technology in trade shows and seminars.

Key Qualifications

Thorough understanding of the automotive SW development process, tool chains and ECU architectures

Strong programming skills and affinity, preferable you have a background working on embedded software

A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Automotive Systems engineering or related or proven exposure during 5-8 years of related work

Nice To Have

Previous experience in an Application Engineering position.

Knowledge about and experience in basic software stacks commonly found in automotive

Understanding of automotive standards such as A2L, AUTOSAR

Expertise in automotive protocols and services such as CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet, XCP

Hands-On Experience in software development and testing embedded systems

Knowledge of processors such as ARM, TriCore, PowerPC

Experience with scripting in Python or Tcl.

Knowledge about test automation, continuous integration, and test (like Jenkins)

What You Are Like

You realize that your success is based only on customer success

You work closely with your colleagues and maintain an open and friendly atmosphere to encourage productivity, creativity and innovation

You are a quick learner and you are solving problems creatively

You are motivated by deadlines and you are results-driven

You thrive in an agile, fast-paced environment with both collaborative and individual work

You have strong communication skills, inside and outside the company