Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design Engineer

Job Title

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design Engineer

Role Summary

Lead the design and delivery of custom ASIC solutions for next-generation computing and control platforms. Own ASIC strategy from architecture definition through silicon bring-up and coordinate across hardware, software, and systems teams.

This is a technical leadership role responsible for translating system requirements into production-ready silicon and shaping the long-term silicon roadmap.

Experience Level

Senior — requires extensive experience (10+ years) in hardware and ASIC design.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include end-to-end ASIC project ownership, technical leadership, and cross-team coordination.

• Define and establish ASIC development methodologies across architecture, RTL design, verification, implementation, and tape-out.
• Lead end-to-end ASIC development: microarchitecture, RTL development, integration, validation, and silicon bring-up.
• Drive trade-offs across performance, power, area, cost, and schedule.
• Coordinate with external design, fabrication, and manufacturing partners for successful deliveries.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, systems, and other engineering teams to meet system requirements.
• Manage subsystem roadmaps and delivery schedules for commercial and advanced technology programs.
• Mentor and grow a small ASIC engineering team; provide technical leadership.
• Contribute to FPGA-based development and support migration from FPGA prototypes to production ASICs.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; mixed-signal and other items listed as desirable where noted.

• 10+ years of hardware design experience with multiple full ASIC development cycles through tape-out and silicon validation.
• Proven experience transitioning FPGA designs into ASIC implementations.
• Strong RTL design expertise (SystemVerilog preferred).
• Experience implementing complex digital signal processing (DSP) functions in hardware.
• Knowledge of ASIC development flows, semiconductor process technologies, fabrication partners, and EDA toolchains.
• Experience with industry-standard tools such as Cadence, Synopsys, or Siemens EDA.
• Strong understanding of FPGA architectures, microprocessors, and digital system design.
• Experience in technical leadership, mentoring, and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Nice-to-have: mixed-signal design experience.

Education Requirements

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline (as listed in the posting).

About the Company

Company: Ethan Alexander Group

Recruitment agency that advertises technical and engineering job opportunities, including roles in semiconductor design, RTL engineering, and AI hardware.