Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

Job Title

Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design Engineer

Role Summary

Lead technical development of custom ASICs from architecture through silicon bring-up for advanced computing and control platforms. This role owns ASIC strategy, drives trade-offs across performance, power, area, cost and schedule, and collaborates with hardware, software, systems, and manufacturing partners.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 10+ years of hardware design experience, with multiple full ASIC cycles and tape-outs.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include leading ASIC programs, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering production-ready silicon.

• Define and establish ASIC development methodology across architecture, RTL, verification, implementation, and tape-out.
• Lead end-to-end ASIC development: microarchitecture, RTL development, integration, validation, and silicon bring-up.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for an ASIC engineering team.
• Coordinate with external design, fabrication, and manufacturing partners to ensure project execution and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and systems teams to translate requirements into optimized silicon solutions.
• Drive technical trade-offs across performance, power, area, cost, and schedule.
• Manage subsystem roadmaps and delivery schedules for commercial and advanced technology programs.
• Support FPGA-based development and migration from FPGA prototypes to production ASICs.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for successful candidates.

• 10+ years of hardware design experience, with proven delivery of multiple ASIC development cycles and tape-outs.
• Experience transitioning FPGA designs to ASIC implementations and supporting FPGA-based development.
• Strong RTL design expertise, ideally in SystemVerilog.
• Experience implementing complex DSP functions in hardware.
• Familiarity with 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.
• Mixed-signal design experience is highly desirable.

Education Requirements

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline (as stated in the source).

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.