R&D Software Engineer

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 are someone who gets a thrill from seeing code actually run, not just compile, but run correctly in a real environment with all its dependencies and quirks. You have spent time in the Microsoft .NET world and know your way around C#, and you understand desktop software development. You have also dabbled with Angular and is comfortable working in a web frontend environment. You don't need to be an expert in everything on day one—you ask the right questions and figure out what you need to know. In fact, you expect it. What matters to you is having people around who will show you the ropes, answer your questions, and let you pair up when you hit a wall. You would rather be in the office learning alongside teammates than troubleshooting alone through Slack messages. Debugging does not intimidate you. You see it as detective work, tracing through stack traces and logs until you find the line that is causing the problem. You are methodical enough to document what you tried and humble enough to ask for help when you are stuck. At Synopsys, you will work on ANSYS Workbench with a team in Waterloo who will teach you what you do not know yet. What You'll Be Doing Debug defects in the ANSYS Workbench codebase, tracing issues through C# and .NET components to identify root causes and implement fixesSet up and configure your local development environment, getting the codebase running and learning the build and deployment pipelineTriage incoming issues, determining severity and priority, and working with senior engineers to resolve them within set timelinesContribute to the Workbench platform, writing and testing code for new features as you gain familiarity with the architectureCollaborate daily with team members in the Waterloo office, pairing on problems and participating in code reviewsWork with backend systems and UI components, learning how the desktop application interacts with underlying services The Impact You Will Have You will reduce the defect backlog by resolving bugs that affect how engineers interact with Workbench every dayYour triage work will help the team prioritize what gets fixed first, keeping the product stable for users in productionThe environment setup and documentation you create will make onboarding faster for the next engineer who joinsYour contributions to the next generation platform will shape how thousands of engineers run simulations and analyze resultsThe fixes you ship will improve the reliability and performance of a tool that powers R&D workflows across industriesYour questions and fresh perspective will surface assumptions the team has lived with for years, leading to cleaner code and better design decisionsYou will help the Waterloo team maintain momentum on a product roadmap that spans multiple releases and geographies What You'll Need Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experienceSolid experience with desktop software development in the Microsoft .NET environmentProficiency in C# for building and maintaining desktop applicationsFamiliarity with debugging tools and techniques in Visual Studio or similar IDEsAbility to read and understand existing codebases, trace logic, and identify where things breakExperience with Python and Angular is a strong plus; exposure to C++ is a nice to haveAwareness of Agentic Experience (AX) and integration of frontend (FE) and AI workflows is a plus Who You Are You are comfortable working in person with your team, asking questions at someone's desk, and pairing on a tough problem instead of going it aloneYou can take a defect ticket, reproduce the issue locally, dig through the code, and come back with a fix or a clear explanation of what is happeningYou do not need to know everything before you start, but you do need to be the kind of person who will ask when you are stuck and take notes so you do not ask the same question twiceYou can manage your time well enough to hit deadlines on assigned defects while still learning the broader system architectureYou are methodical about setup, you follow documentation, you verify each step, and you do not skip over errors hoping they will go away The Team You'll Be Part Of You will join a team based primarily in the Waterloo office, with other members in the United States. The team works on ANSYS Workbench, the main software platform they maintain and evolve. As an early-career engineer, you will start with debugging and defect resolution, and as you get more comfortable, you will take on feature development and deeper architectural work. You will never be left to figure things out alone. The team works together in the office, and learning happens through pairing, code reviews, and daily collaboration. Rewards and Benefits We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.