Digital Design Engineer

PHIZENIX INC
Irvine, CA, United States
22 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$180,000.0 - $250,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Computer Engineering Microarchitecture Software Debugging Digital Arts Logic Synthesis of Circuits Embedded C Emulators Firmware Python (Programming Language) PCI Express Reduced Instruction Set Computing Systems Integration
+5 more
Tcl (Programming Language) Network Switches Scripting Application Specific Integrated Circuits Bare Metal

Job description

  • Develop micro-architecture and author high-quality, synthesizable RTL following best-in-class coding methods and design-for-verification / design-for-test practices.
  • Write firmware and bare-metal diagnostics on embedded RISC CPU IP to configure and control on-chip analog blocks and low-speed control/calibration loops for optical components.
  • Drive pre-silicon simulation and hardware-software co-verification, validating firmware against RTL well ahead of tape-out.
  • Integrate processor subsystems-including licensed CPU IP-AMBA fabrics, and serial/interconnect interfaces (e.g., PCIe, UCIe) into the SoC/ASIC.
  • Drive the full implementation flow: synthesis, timing constraints (SDC), timing closure, and equivalence checking (Formality / Conformal), with clean Lint / CDC / RDC signoff.
  • Build and run emulation environments; lead silicon bring-up sequences and post-silicon debug, root-causing and resolving issues on hardware.
  • Provide responsive support-triaging design problems and delivering timely solutions-and collaborate with analog/mixed-signal, DSP, verification, and physical-design teams.

Requirements

We are seeking an ASIC Design Engineer to own digital design, integration, and bring-up for production-grade high-speed interconnect silicon. You will translate micro-architecture into clean, high-quality RTL and drive it through synthesis and timing closure. Just as important, the ideal candidate leverages strong firmware coding experience to drive pre-silicon simulation, develop bare-metal diagnostics, and ensure seamless hardware-software integration-for example, writing firmware on an embedded RISC CPU IP to control on-chip analog hardware blocks and low-speed control/calibration loops for optical components. Strong digital ASIC fundamentals, paired with the ability to debug complex designs in emulation and on silicon, round out the profile., * B.S. or M.S. in Electrical/Electronics or Computer Engineering (or related), with relevant digital ASIC design experience.

  • Demonstrated experience taking digital designs from RTL through synthesis, timing closure, and silicon bring-up.

Core Technical Skills

  • Strong fundamentals in digital ASIC design, micro-architecture, and best RTL coding methods.
  • Firmware / embedded C development, including bare-metal programming on an on-chip RISC CPU IP (e.g., RISC-V or Arm) to drive analog blocks and low-speed loops.
  • Knowledge of AMBA and serial protocols, processors, and silicon bring-up sequences.
  • Strong design, emulation, and silicon debug skills, with proven hardware-software integration experience.
  • Expertise in synthesis, constraints, timing closure, and equivalence checks (Formality / Conformal).
  • Experience with Lint / CDC / RDC tools.

Professional Skills

  • Customer-support orientation and excellent communication and oratory skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with interconnect protocols such as PCIe (Gen5/6/7) and UCIe.
  • Experience integrating vendor CPU IP and developing the associated firmware, drivers, and diagnostics.
  • High-speed wireline / SerDes-based SoC experience; UPF low-power design, DFT, and scan/ATPG flows.
  • Scripting proficiency (Python, Tcl)

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