About Silvaco, Inc.
Silvaco is a provider of TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. Silvaco’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things, and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design. Silvaco is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has a global presence with offices located in North America, Europe, Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Job Summary
Uses technical knowledge of Silvaco product offerings and
expertise in the common product creation workflow for the Power and RF devices market to advise customers in their simulation efforts and address their technical obstacles. In so doing, they work as a partner to the sales teams to understand technical values and tradeoffs to our solutions as perceived by the customer and help determine account strategy for continued growth.
Works closely with key customers to gain insight into their technical roadmaps and immediate challenges to recommend the best matching solution Silvaco can offer. Understand customers’ success criteria and jointly implement evaluation plans to demonstrate and validate Silvaco’s solution. Collaborate and provide input to sales plans and proposals for accuracy, completeness, and enhance Silvaco’s technical differentiation. Drafts technical collateral that helps people better understand the technology and differentiation of Silvaco solutions.
Provides training and instructions to customers to reduce their friction in adopting and using Silvaco tools while gaining additional understanding of the customers’ application. Collaborates with customers’ implementation teams to troubleshoot problems, develop solutions, and propose additional features, modules, and/or products based on customers’ requirements.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; include but not limited to:
- Working with users of Silvaco tools to
- capture and isolate potential technical issues and suggesting workarounds or alternate approaches to relieve the problem and/or raising the issues to business unit as bug reports
- Understanding customer workflow and representing user-defined needs and feedback into business units
- Optimizing customers’ experience with Silvaco tools by promoting configuration improvements and/or incorporating new features and capabilities
- Working with applicable customer departments and functions to assure Silvaco products are properly installed and help validate the installations
- Including defining product workflow such that it meets the application specific needs of the power device market
- Generating ideas for configuration and workflow improvements based on obstacles customers face in their work
- Making technical presentations for products, use cases and support status update to customers. Supporting sales effort by articulating technical value propositions, as well as demonstrating prototypes and product features
- Documenting evaluation plans and customer support cases in SalesForce CRM
- Keeping up with advancements in key applications and workflow implementation
Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- MastersDegree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics Engineering, Solid State Physics, or semiconductor related academic program
- More than 8 years of industry experience
- Specifically in Semiconductor manufacturing, R&D, and/or integrated circuit design processes
- Must have demonstration of design, modeling, and/or simulation tool usage as part of industry work experience
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Intellectually inquisitive with creative problem-solving skills
- Persistence in tracking complex problems and projects with minimal oversight
- The ability to prioritize activities and deliver projects on time and within budget
- Application-specific experience
- Detailed experience in the creation and ramp up of new power device technologies including
- Participating in teams bringing up new process / device technology
- Participating/leading design enablement efforts of those technologies such as enabling spice models and design rules
- Tool category experience
- Detailed experience using commercial SPICE Modeling tools in a commercial environment, including compact, macro, and Verilog-A modeling
- Experience with commercial circuit design tools (SPICE)
- Experience with commercial layout tools for creation physical designs
- Experience with commercial TCAD process + Device tools is a plus
- Experience with tools to analyze resistance effects, thermal effects, is a plus
Preferred Requirements
- Experience in remote work team environment preferred
- Demonstration of industry technical thought leadership via participation in peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, patents, etc.
- Demonstration of team leadership via mentorship of colleagues, interns
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting
- Prolonged periods of typing
- Clarity of vision at approximately 20 inches or less (i.e., working with small objects or reading small print), including use of computers
- Ability to lift (up) to 15 pounds at times
Company Information
For over three decades, Silvaco, based in Silicon Valley, California and with global locations around the world has solved semiconductor design challenges by offering affordable and competitive TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) software, EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software, proven design IP (intellectual property), and world class support to engineers and researchers across the globe. Silvaco solutions span from atoms to systems: starting with simulation of material behavior impacting semiconductor devices, to design and analysis of transistor circuits, and lastly providing IP blocks for systems-on-chip (SoC) designs. Our solutions are deployed in production flows across broad industry segments such as leading display companies, automotive OEM suppliers, and top Memory, 5G, and IoT (internet of things) providers.
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
At Silvaco, we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at 408.567.1000.
https://www.silvaco.com/
Business Title
Sr. Staff Application Engineer
Flsa
Exempt
Hiring Location:
US
Job Category
Sales AE
Salary Grade
131,900-164,900
Hire Type
Full Time Employee
Position Code
G178
