Is Synopsys a good company to work for as a Sr. R&D Engineer?

Sr. R&D Engineer professionals working at Synopsys have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 123 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Synopsys employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. R&D Engineer Jobs at Synopsys now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. R&D Engineer interview questions at Synopsys .

Does Synopsys pay Sr. R&D Engineer employees well?

Sr. R&D Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Synopsys with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 123 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 12.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. R&D Engineer salaries and benefits at Synopsys .

How happy are Sr. R&D Engineer professionals working at Synopsys?

65% of Sr. R&D Engineer employees at Synopsys would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 28% in the past 12 months. Sr. R&D Engineer professionals have also rated Synopsys with a 3.5 rating for work-life-balance, 3.8 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 3.5 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (188) , Staff Engineer (155) , Software Engineer (149) , R&D Engineer (138) , Intern (111) , Senior Software Engineer (101) , Senior R&D Engineer (77) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (46) , Senior R&D Engineer II (43) , Manager (42) , ASIC Digital Design Engineer (41) , Senior Staff Engineer (41)

What are the pros of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but understaffing" ((in 607 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 288 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 249 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 209 reviews)); "good benefits and workplace." ((in 191 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 260 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 142 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 64 reviews)); "Constant Layoffs" ((in 47 reviews)); "Not enough benefits, Upper management is confused" ((in 19 reviews))

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Synopsys Sr. R&D Engineer reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(123 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

45% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

3.0

Compensation and benefits

Sr R D Engineer employees have rated Synopsys with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 123 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr R D Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Synopsys is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr R D Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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123 reviews

4.0

Jun 15, 2025

Good place to work

Senior r&d engineer

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Pros

good wlb, good pay, good place to work

Cons

no cons yet. few teams can be toxic. in general good

4.0

Apr 14, 2025

Great culture, pay average or below average, boring sometimes

Senior r&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the folks you daily interact with are nice people, so you usually enjoy working with your colleagues. It's possible to have talks and let your concerns know to upper management up to CEO. Depending on your team, you might work in quite interesting problems.

Cons

Pay is below average for the software industry. They are constantly pushing to get better return for every engineer they have, meaning sometimes the end up micromanaging and make you fill lots of reports of your weekly work, monthly work, commitments for next quarters, among other reports about what you were doing. Sometimes your work might get boring and stressful. They do reorganizations quite often. So when you are getting used to some way of work, then everything changes and you have to readapt.

3.0

Mar 24, 2025

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Sr. r&d engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life Balance is great

Cons

It depends on person but some Managers are idiot.

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