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 have spent years working close enough to photonic design that you understand the difference between what a datasheet promises and what actually happens when someone tries to simulate a 100-channel WDM link at 2 a.m. before tapeout. You know the pain points because you have either felt them yourself or sat with enough customers to recognize the pattern when a workflow breaks down.

You think like a builder, not a feature collector. When a customer says they need better convergence, you ask three more questions before deciding whether that means a solver upgrade, a UI change, or just better documentation. You are comfortable sitting with an R&D; team talking about FDTD mesh refinement and then walking into a sales call to explain why that matters to someone designing a silicon photonics transceiver for a hyperscale data center.

You do not need perfect consensus to move. You gather input, make a call, and own it. At Synopsys, you will own the roadmap for OptoCompiler and Lumerical—tools that photonic IC designers, optical engineers, and process engineers at leading semiconductor companies, foundries, and research institutions depend on to bring next-generation photonic technologies from concept to production.

What You'll Be Doing

- Own product strategy and roadmap for OptoCompiler and Lumerical,



balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, competitive positioning, and business impact across datacom, silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, foundries, AR/VR, and quantum computing applications
- Translate what you hear from photonic IC designers, optical engineers, and process engineers into clear product requirements and prioritized feature backlogs that R&D; can execute against
- Work directly with customers at semiconductor companies, foundries, and research institutions to understand their design workflows, adoption blockers, and emerging use cases in photonic integrated circuits, optical interconnects, and electronic-photonic co-design
- Make roadmap prioritization decisions that maximize product impact and market success, informed by input from R&D;, sales, applications engineering, and customer success teams
- Lead product launches end-to-end: define release content, develop positioning and messaging, propose pricing and packaging adjustments, create "What's New" content, and evangelize new capabilities internally and externally
- Support go-to-market execution by collaborating with Product Marketing on launch plans, sales enablement materials, webinars, conference presentations, and technical collateral that help field teams win and support customers effectively
- Monitor competitive dynamics, industry trends,



and ecosystem shifts in photonics and photonic design automation to identify new opportunities, partnerships, or investment areas

The Impact You Will Have

- Shape the direction of photonic design and simulation tools used by engineers building next-generation datacom, optical interconnects, co-packaged optics, metalenses, LEDs, and quantum computing systems
- Accelerate customer time-to-tapeout by ensuring OptoCompiler and Lumerical solve real workflow problems for photonic IC designers, optical engineers, and process engineers at foundries and leading semiconductor companies
- Strengthen Synopsys' leadership in photonic design automation by delivering differentiated capabilities that competitors cannot easily replicate
- Influence R&D; investment decisions with explicit, data-backed roadmaps that connect technical work to market outcomes and revenue growth
- Enable foundries and PIC designers to move faster from concept to production by removing friction in their simulation, design, and verification workflows
- Build stronger relationships between Synopsys and the photonics ecosystem by showing up as a credible, responsive, and technically grounded partner
- Drive revenue growth by making smart pricing, packaging, and positioning decisions that align product value with customer willingness to pay

What You'll Need

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, optics, photonics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of product management experience in photonics, optics, simulation software, or closely related technical domains, or 3+ years with an advanced degree (MS or PhD preferred)
- Deep understanding of photonic design

📌 Product Management, Staff (Vancouver)
🏢 Synopsys
📍 Vancouver