ASIC Digital Design Manager
SynopsysJob Title
ASIC Digital Design Manager
Role Summary
Lead firmware and digital-design efforts for SerDes PHY IP (PAM4 for PCIe and Ethernet) on the Serdes AOIP team. Balance hands-on technical work-firmware development, RTL waveform analysis, and post-silicon bring-up-with team leadership and cross-functional coordination.
Collaborate with systems, analog, digital design, verification, and lab teams to deliver production-quality firmware, improve system-level architecture, and drive better development methodologies.
Experience Level
Senior - 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include firmware development and debugging, post-silicon bring-up, and technical leadership across cross-functional teams.
- Develop and maintain firmware for PAM4 SerDes across protocols such as PCIe and Ethernet.
- Analyze RTL waveforms to debug firmware and system interactions during bring-up.
- Collaborate with systems, analog, digital design, verification, and lab teams during development and silicon bring-up.
- Support and enhance existing firmware features and maintain firmware development infrastructure.
- Diagnose customer firmware-related failures and provide technical solutions for customer deployments.
- Define verification plans and assist DV engineers to build verification environments using SystemVerilog with UVM.
- Drive improvements in firmware design methodologies and contribute to system-level architecture.
- Lead and coordinate engineering activities to deliver integrated IP and firmware releases.
Requirements
Required technical skills and experience. Formal degree information is provided separately below.
- 10+ years of experience in firmware, digital design, or related fields.
- Deep expertise working at the boundary of hardware, software, and analog; experienced with post-silicon bring-up and hardware/algorithm optimization.
- Proficient in C and an advocate for structured firmware development, verification, and documentation processes.
- Experience with digital logic design, simulation, and debug using Verilog.
- Familiarity with cross-development tool flows and integration/debug workflows.
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience executing complex projects to completion.
Nice-to-have:
- Familiarity with SerDes standards such as PCIe and Ethernet.
- Scripting experience with Perl, Python, Bash, or Csh.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field - or equivalent industry experience.
About the Company
Company: Synopsys
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA
Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.
