My grandmother was one of the first female engineers in the Soviet Union. Q: How have the challenges for women evolved from when you first decided to go into engineering?Ī: I come from the former Soviet Union, from Kiev, Ukraine. It makes me so happy when this complicated, interesting challenge is figured out. It’s a great sense of accomplishment. And when the challenge gets solved, the two engineers come together and shake hands. I help them to ask the right questions, support the development process, and work to move the idea forward.
There’s always a lot of paper… And then after discussing the challenge, they finally write code together…and then they debug…and they throw the code away… They go through the whole process all over again, until they get it right. For instance, two engineers on my team might come together and discuss a challenge and put their ideas on paper.
Today, I enjoy being part of a team with interesting and complicated challenges to solve. And, I loved this kind of schoolwork, so choosing engineering as a career path was a natural fit. It’s similar to the fun of being in school, solving math problems or building things. In fact, every engineer who discovers bugs, or other problems-whether it’s in the algorithm or timing or something else-and creates an elegant solution to solve for those problems, knows the joy of being an engineer. I love to discover new technologies together with my team. Q: What made you decide to be an engineer? What do you most love about it?Ī: I have always had an interest in technology. Because of the tool’s high quality, it increases the quality of the complete flows. And, boosting the quality of complete flows is also my team’s responsibility. S-Litho is currently part of many flows, and we develop and maintain our interfaces to be part of these flows. So, we celebrate the outcome of what we do together as a team. We have a lot of interrelated tasks in this work. To do this, I assign tasks that will challenge my team members and motivate them, so that they can be proud of delivering the best results. And, as a manager, I work to motivate my team so they can understand how incredible it is to be part of this innovative process, too.
To be a part of this innovative process makes me happy. Q: Where are the opportunities for innovation in your team?Ī: By their very nature, our tools are positioned on the forefront of technology because we are simulating manufacturing methods long before the methods are a part of production. And because of this, we require many innovative ideas. It’s exciting to see how these ideas germinate and are born into reality, eventually being implemented into effective software.
We first received this recognition five years ago. We’ve also received a Synopsys code integrity award at the platinum level it’s a rigorous internal recognition of quality achievement-it has stringent parameters. Q: What are some key milestones achieved by you and your team so far?Ī: For the better part of a decade, our customers have widely recognized S-Litho as the gold-standard in reference for accurate simulation quality. When our customers recognize our quality in this way, it is especially meaningful. I manage the development process, beginning with the collection of requirements and then planning the engineering phase and up through test and release. Q: What are your key responsibilities at Synopsys?Ī: As R&D director, I’m responsible for our product S-Litho™, the industry standard for predictive modeling of lithographic processes for semiconductors, and I’m also responsible for several adjacent products. Recently, we sat down with Mariya, and she shared with us why mentoring her team and mastering technical challenges are among her greatest joys. Originally from Kiev, Ukraine, Mariya continues her family’s STEM legacy from Munich, Germany, where she and her team are helping to invent the future of technology. In fact, her grandmother was one of the first female engineers in the Soviet Union over 100 years ago. Mariya Braylovska, director of R&D for Custom Design & Manufacturing at Synopsys, comes from a long line of innovators.