Principal ASIC/SoC Architect & Design Engineer
About The Position
Design and deliver complex custom ASICs from concept through silicon. This hands-on role works across the ASIC/SoC development flow, collaborating with architecture, verification, physical design, applications, and business teams to translate technical requirements into high-performance silicon while optimizing power, performance, and area (PPA). The engineer will also evaluate customer requirements, develop technical approaches and effort estimates for new opportunities, and influence improvements to internal design methodologies and processes. Additional experience in radiation-hardened design, analog/mixed-signal circuits, EDA methodologies, or standard-cell library development may be applied and expanded.
Requirements
- BSEE, MSEE, or equivalent.
- 10+ years of direct industry experience with ASIC and/or SoC design.
- Proficiency in Synopsys Design Compiler and other EDA tools.
- Strong understanding of digital design principles.
- Familiarity with RISC architectures such as ARM or MIPS.
- Strong background in RTL-based digital IC design using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Proven track record of first-pass successes.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Self-starter with the ability to assume leadership roles.
- Ability to work well in a diverse team environment.
- Willingness to mentor junior engineers.
- Experience with industry-standard development tools and methodologies.
- Proficiency with UNIX/Linux, including shell scripting, text utilities such as sed, awk, and grep, Modules, and C/C++, PERL, Python, or TCL scripting.
- Proficiency with Windows applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, and PDF conversion.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in radiation-hardened design.
- Experience with analog/mixed-signal circuits.
- Experience with EDA methodologies.
- Experience with standard-cell library development.
Responsibilities
- Lead ASIC architectural design based on high-level requirements and block diagrams.
- Collaborate with system architects to define chip functionality, interfaces, and performance targets.
- Develop detailed specifications for chip components.
- Create RTL designs using Synopsys Design Compiler and optimize RTL for area, power, and performance.
- Implement and verify complex digital blocks.
- Develop timing constraints for the entire chip.
- Work with physical design teams to support successful place-and-route, including floorplanning, placement, routing, and resolution of design-closure issues.
- Constrain and verify RISC processors within the chip, optimizing processor performance and power efficiency.
- Work with verification engineers to ensure functional correctness and assist with testbench creation and chip verification.
- Evaluate customer requirements and develop technical approaches and effort estimates for new opportunities.
- Contribute to improvements in internal design methodologies and processes.
- Use modern revision-control tools and best practices in a collaborative, multi-site design community.
- Mentor junior engineers and take on leadership responsibilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
