Director of Application Engineering, EMEA

proteanTecs is a dynamic fast-paced start-up company, transforming the way reliability of electronics is achieved. In a world where machines are gaining immense responsibility over our lives, sudden failure is not an option. We have developed a cloud-based platform, which combines data created in chip-embedded Agents (IPs), with machine learning, to predict faults before they become failures. Our solutions provide unprecedented insights throughout the value chain, from Chip Vendors to System Vendors and Digital Service Providers.

The company was founded by seasoned industry veterans, including three former founders of Mellanox Technologies, with deep knowledge and experience in the electronics industry and is backed by worldwide leading investors. At proteanTecs we combine different disciplines to create a revolutionary solution. Our team is highly interdisciplinary, ranging from SaaS and Machine Learning experts, to top designers in Chips and Circuits, as well as masters of EDA. We work together and learn from each other.

We are looking for Lead Applications Engineer with backend physical design experience to join our team.

• Must have experience in supporting customers and managing technical team.
• Physical design engineer with 8+ years RTL-to-GDS extensive experience; Understanding and experience in the full flow including sign offs and Tapeout checklists
• Experience with both Cadence/Synopsys toolsets
• Experience with EDA tool logs analysis and writing-related scripts in Perl/Tcl/Python or similar 
• Capable of analysing, documenting and explaining complex processes and structures.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electronics engineering

• Lead & manage a team of Application Engineers supporting silicon design, verification and implementation activities.
• Manage the support activities of all ProteanTecs customers.
• Accompany the integration of the IPs and the EDA tools that are related to synthesis/place & route / static timing analysis.
• Work closely with the company R&D teams in identifying, implementing and verifying new features
• Track the customer usage of the ProteanTecs IPs and tools throughout the development cycle and manage customer requirements
• Customer engagements, educating and driving new solutions and novel concepts in the market.

• Self-motivated and energized with a strong sense of ownership
• Good level of verbal communication, having great interpersonal and teamwork skills, experience at customers interfacing