Senior Software Engineer (R&D/Hypervisor)

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

12/14/2024

At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

About The Job

Virtual Prototypes are simulation models for a variety of electronic platforms in the automotive, enterprise, telecommunications or cloud market today. Our Virtual Prototyping team delivers these models to customers and enables them to start with product development long before hardware is available.

Do you have an interest in hypervisor technology? Would you like to be part of a team that defines the next generation of virtualisation technology?

This is a hybrid role with 3 days on-site in Edinburgh.

In your new role you will:

• Develop hypervisor technology for Virtual Prototyping
• Work with an expert team around hypervisor and virtualisation technology
  
  

You are best equipped for this task if you have

• Bachelor or MS degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or similar
• Experience in a software development position
• Background in virtualisation technology
• Good C/C++ programming language skills
  
  

Preferred Experience

• C/C++ Programming language
• Understanding of ARM processor architectures
• Knowledge in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
• Agile SW engineering methodologies
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Favor thorough understanding over empirical approaches
• Driven by enthusiasm and work ethic rather than supervision
• Attentive to details
• Strong desire to learn and explore new technologies
  
  

What can you expect from us?

We develop tools that our customers use to create better software, faster. This means to be at the forefront of enabling customers with unique simulation and testing software. We offer:

• Great design freedom for innovation in the development of outstanding simulation solutions
• A lot of flexibility in how you work to allow for an optimal work/life balance
• All the benefits of a global company with the spirit of an agile team
• A competitive salary, share purchase program, bonus and pension scheme
  
  

Our Silicon Design & Verification business is all about building high-performance silicon chips—faster. We’re the world’s leading provider of solutions for designing and verifying advanced silicon chips. And we design the next-generation processes and models needed to manufacture those chips. We enable our customers with fast simulation models to optimize chips for power, cost, and performance—eliminating months off their project schedules.