Application Support Engineer, EDA Design Tool Infrastructure

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 Siemens EDA Global Support team is seeking a dynamic, support engineer for the Xpedition Enterprise tools suite, with emphasis on infrastructure products. Building on EDA experience and system administration skills, this individual will work directly with internal and external customers to resolve tool issues, partner with account teams to educate users and grow product usage, and create knowledge content for the web-based support portal.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following activities:

• Proactively assist customers to become productive with the Xpedition tool suite and its related tools.
• Performance tuning for Siemens EDA products.
• Help customers achieve project deadlines by providing support by phone, electronic means or on-site.
• Engage with existing customers to understand and provide guidance for the implementation and maintenance of the Xpedition related design flow tools.
• Assist account teams with struggling customers to overcome challenges.
• Interface with customers and Electronic Board Systems engineering and provide feedback in both directions.
• Regularly participate in meetings and conference calls with customers, both internal and external.
• Work as part of the account team to develop solutions for customer issues and take an active role to communicate these solutions to the customer.
• Capture knowledge for web-based support systems in the form of articles, white papers and videos.
• Provide pro-active customer feedback into product marketing and engineering to drive improvement and future evolution of the product line.
• Actively participate in marketing and sales activities such as, workshops, seminars, etc.
• Support coverage focused on the United States, collaborating with the worldwide team.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• System administration experience
• Broad knowledge of basic networking technology
• LDAP/Active Directory
• SSL
• Kerberos
• Application performance tuning and monitoring
• Virtualization
• Low-level application troubleshooting
• FlexLM Licensing
• Scripting (Linux shell, Windows batch file, Power Shell, or similar)
• Application installation and configuration
• Distributed Computing/High Performance Computing
• Experience working with Oracle or PostgreSQL based data systems.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience (5 years).
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently but collaboratively and to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving product and technical environment.
• Ability to build strong rapport and credibility with customers’ organizations while maintaining an internal network of contacts.
• Manage multiple tasks and customer issues concurrently.
• Strong technical communication skills and presentation skills.
• Broad knowledge in the ECAD Library, electrical system design, and data management domains.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Design tool support experience a plus
• Experience with the administration of PCB design tools such as Xpedition Enterprise, Cadence Allegro, Altium or similar.
• Knowledge of the PCB Design process and design data management.
• Installation and System administration experience of PostgreSQL and/or Oracle.
• Strong project management and communication skills – both written and verbal. Prior project management experience a plus
• Experience with Amazon Cloud, Azure, or other a plus
• Prior role in team leadership
  
  

This position will be subject to U.S. export control requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Employment is contingent on either verifying the U.S. Person status or obtaining any necessary export license.

Why us?

Working at Siemens Software 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.

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The salary range for this position is $105,100 to $189,200 and this role is eligible to earn incentive compensation. The actual compensation offered is based on the successful candidate’s work location as well as additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education/training. Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: www.benefitsquickstart.com. In addition, this position is eligible for time off in accordance with Company policies, including paid sick leave, paid parental leave, PTO (for non-exempt employees) or non-accrued flexible vacation (for exempt employees).

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