About Us

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.

Position Overview

The Application Engineer is a customer-facing position that helps drive Siemens EDA analog/mixed-signal circuit simulation technologies, as well as the Solido products that are the world's leading tools for variation-aware design and characterization of standard cell, memory, and analog/RF designs.

This position combines technical depth in circuit design, verification, and applications knowledge (e.g., transceivers, RFIC, high-speed I/O, and signal conditioning), as well as solid communication skills, previous organization management experience including leading technical sales teams, and strong team building skills.

The Application Engineer manages multiple customer engagements concurrently and must be very effective at customer relationships. This customer interface is not only at the engineering level, but first or second level management, as well. The Application Engineer must align with Account Managers to exceed quota, as they proactively manage customer accounts to success. This could include account planning and developing solutions to customer problems, ultimately resulting in revenue. Success involves working as a team with sales, marketing, and R&D organizations.

Sales and support responsibilities include assessing customer technical requirements, conducting product demonstrations, running evaluations, and driving product adoption.

The position can be based in Milan, Italy or Dusseldorf, Germany. The successful candidate must be able to travel (at least 25%) to cover multiple accounts.

Responsibilities

As an Application Engineer for Custom IC (CIC), you work with account teams to drive adoption of Siemens EDA CIC software. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

Implement both pre-sale and post-sale technical support activities including assessment of how company products meet customer needs and the preparation of product specifications for development and installation of customized applications/solutions.Illustrate the value Siemens EDA brings to customers by assisting them in their evaluations of our CIC family of software; developing and delivering software demonstrations and technical presentations; performing benchmark evaluations for customers.Provide on-site support when issues arise with client’s use of Siemens EDA CIC products.Work closely with area sales management, account teams and customers to understand business opportunities.Drive business for Siemens EDA, using technical expertise and working directly with customers as a part of sales team at the appropriate management level to establish criteria for successful engagements.Assist technical teams, including the factory, to establish value for Siemens EDA products and differentiate from the competition.Contribute towards the area technical sales plan with management and communicate frequently with peers and management on progress and account status.Provide pre-sale technical support in sales presentations and product demonstrations.Establish and maintain lines of communication with design engineering on issues such as considerations for product reliability.Work with marketing and product managers to define new products and provide insight from the field back to these groups.

Job Qualifications

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

BS degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or related field is required. MS degree or equivalent is preferredIC design engineering experience is a plusBroad understanding of Analog Design methodologies and flows including the different types of analysis solutions for analog design including Spice, Fast-Spice, Mixed Signal – Mixed-Mode analyses and flowsProven ability to map simulator capabilities to application-specific requirementsTrack record of exceptional customer relationshipsExperience with IC schematic and layout tools, such as Cadence® Virtuoso®Experience with analog simulators such as Spectre, HSPICE, Eldo & AFS and mixed-signal circuit simulation tools, such as Cadence® AMS Designer®Working familiarity of Unix and Linux OS, and previous experience with scripting or C programming requiredStrong oral, written communication, and presentation skillsExcellent organizational and time management skillsExposure to sales and applications environment is a plusTravel is required

Working at Siemens EDA

Why us?

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

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

At Siemens, we are always challenging ourselves to build a better future. We need the most innovative and diverse Digital Minds to develop tomorrow reality.

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