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Academic/Outreach, Sr Associate

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**Sr. Academic/Outreach Associate**: Lead strategic partnerships with educators at universities to expand Synopsys' tool adoption in engineering education. Key responsibilities include outreach,event planning,and curriculum integration. Essential skills: proven relationship management, strong presentation/communication, and experience with engineering tools. 5+ years' experience in similar roles, familiarity with Synopsys tools preferred.

We Are

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.

You Are

You work collaboratively with educators at academic institutions to drive long-term presence and adoption of Synopsys tools in engineering education. Your role requires close collaboration with different teams internally, prioritizing work appropriately while supporting company-wide Academic Program initiatives, with the goal of making a real difference to undergraduate and graduate engineering education worldwide.

Closely aligned with Synopsys Academic Program goals and objectives, your daily activities include educational content development, working closely with key contacts at universities such as professors, researchers, and student teams to grow relationships and tool usage, and providing guidance to strategic universities regarding application of Synopsys products. You bring technical depth in electronics simulation, particularly in electromagnetics and finite element analysis using tools like Ansys HFSS and Maxwell, combined with the ability to translate that expertise into effective educational materials and meaningful academic partnerships.

You are expected to balance content creation with relationship building, moving comfortably between developing a new tutorial series and meeting with a professor to discuss course integration. Your work contributes directly to shaping how the next generation of electrical engineers learns to design and solve complex technical challenges.

What You'll Be Doing

Build curriculum materials for electronics simulation courses, including lecture content, tutorials, learning pathways that align with how engineering is actually taught today
Work directly with professors, researchers, and student teams at universities to understand their technical needs and help them integrate Ansys HFSS, Maxwell, and related tools into their coursework and research projects
Deliver workshops, guest lectures, webinars, and hands-on training sessions on campus and online to drive tool adoption and deepen technical engagement with academic users
Collaborate with the academic field sales team and application engineers to develop content plans that reflect real customer feedback, product capabilities, and educational trends
Gather feedback from educators and students on how Ansys tools are being used in the classroom and feed that intelligence back to sales, marketing, and product teams
Represent Synopsys at conferences, ASEE events, IEEE gatherings, and other academic forums where you will present technical content and build relationships with the engineering education community
Support broader Academic Program initiatives as needed, contributing to team projects that strengthen Synopsys' long-term presence in higher education

The Impact You Will Have

You will directly influence how thousands of undergraduate and graduate students learn to solve real-world electronics design challenges using industry-standard simulation tools
Your curriculum materials will be used by educators across multiple universities, shaping the technical foundation of future engineers entering the workforce
The relationships you build with professors and researchers will expand Synopsys tool adoption in academic labs, research programs, and capstone projects
Your feedback loops will inform product development and marketing strategies, ensuring Synopsys Academic offerings stay aligned with what educators and students actually need
You will help position Synopsys as the go-to partner for electronics engineering education, strengthening long-term adoption in the next generation of engineering professionals
Your on-campus presence and technical workshops will create memorable learning experiences that turn students into confident users of Synopsys tools
You will contribute to a global Academic Program that reaches universities across time zones, geographies, and engineering disciplines

What You'll Need

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline with 3+ years of experience in electronics engineering, or a Master's degree with 1+ year of relevant experience in industry or academia
Demonstrated hands-on experience with Ansys HFSS or similar commercial electromagnetics simulation software, ideally including high-frequency or low-frequency finite element analysis applications
Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
Comfort working across time zones with engineers, educators, and researchers from different cultural and technical backgrounds
Ability to travel domestically up to 40% of the time for on-campus visits, conferences, and training events
A PhD in electrical engineering, electromagnetics, or a related discipline is a strong plus
Experience teaching, developing educational content, or working as a teaching assistant at the university level is highly valued
Prior exposure to Ansys Maxwell, or experience writing educational materials, research articles, or presenting at technical conferences will set you apart

Who You Are

You can walk into a professor's office, listen to their course goals, and walk out with a clear plan for how Ansys tools fit into their syllabus without forcing the issue
When you create a tutorial or lecture, you test it from the student's perspective, you know where they will get stuck and you build in the scaffolding to get them through it
You are organized enough to juggle content development, campus visits, webinar prep, and internal collaboration without dropping threads or missing deadlines
You bring energy to a room, whether that room is a university lab, a Zoom call with 50 students, or a booth at an IEEE conference, and people leave the conversation more confident than when they arrived
You are a self-starter who does not wait for perfect direction, you see a gap, propose a solution, and move forward with the team's input
You genuinely enjoy meeting new people and learning about their technical work, and that curiosity comes through in every interaction

The Team You'll Be Part Of

You will join the Academic Program team, a group focused on driving technical engagement and adoption of Synopsys tools in universities worldwide. The team's work splits between two core activities: creating technical content that supports teaching and learning of electronics engineering topics, and delivering that content through workshops, lectures, training, demos, and direct support to educators, researchers, and students. Your work will be both creative and customer-facing, and you will collaborate closely with academic field sales, application engineers, and product teams across Synopsys.

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