ASIC Design Engineer

Positron Corporation

1d•$150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

As an ASIC Design Engineer, you will help design, implement, and deliver IP blocks and subsystems for Positron.ai's inference ASICs/SoCs. Working under the guidance of senior engineers, you will write and verify SystemVerilog RTL, take ownership of well-scoped blocks, and learn the full front-end flow from microarchitecture through RTL signoff. You'll collaborate closely with architecture, verification, and physical design teams, building deep hands-on experience with high-performance silicon while growing toward greater technical ownership.

Requirements

BS/MS in EE/CE (or related field) with 0–3 years of ASIC/SoC RTL design experience (internships and relevant graduate research count).
Solid working knowledge of SystemVerilog/Verilog for synthesizable RTL design.
Understanding of digital design fundamentals: clocking, resets, pipelining, FSMs, FIFOs, and clock domain crossing.
Exposure to front-end tools and flows (simulation, lint, synthesis, or STA) from industry or academic projects.
Familiarity with at least one of: AMBA AXI/AHB/APB, DDR/HBM, PCIe, cache/memory hierarchies, or datapath design.
Scripting ability in Python, Tcl, or similar.
Strong problem-solving skills, eagerness to learn, and clear written and verbal communication.

Nice To Haves

Coursework, research, or project experience in computer architecture or AI/ML accelerator design (matrix/vector engines, systolic arrays).
Experience writing SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) or exposure to formal verification.
Familiarity with low-power design concepts (clock gating, power gating, UPF).
Experience with cocotb or UVM testbenches.
Exposure to RISC-V, FPGA prototyping, or tapeout of a chip (including academic tapeouts).

Responsibilities

Implement clean, parameterized SystemVerilog RTL for assigned blocks based on microarchitecture specs developed with senior engineers.
Contribute to microarchitecture documentation and help define block-level interfaces.
Add embedded assertions and follow team guidelines for clocking, resets, and power intent.
Run and debug lint, CDC/RDC, and synthesis checks on your blocks, and resolve issues with support from the team.
Help with timing analysis and work with PD on block-level timing fixes.
Track and report PPA metrics for your blocks, and propose optimizations.
Support integration of standard interfaces and IP (e.g., AMBA AXI, DMA engines, memory controllers).
Learn and apply protocol requirements for high-performance interconnects and memory interfaces.
Follow established coding guidelines, IP packaging standards, and signoff checklists.
Write and maintain scripts (Python/Tcl/Make) that improve design flows and team productivity.
Work with Verification to review test plans, debug failures, and close coverage on your blocks.
Help correlate RTL behavior against architecture and performance models.
Take part in bring-up and post-silicon debug activities as needed.
Take part in design reviews, present your work, and incorporate feedback.
Build expertise in microarchitecture tradeoffs through mentorship from senior engineers.