ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer
SynopsysJob Title
ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer
Role Summary
Senior engineering role on the ASIC digital design team based in Porto Salvo. The role drives RTL architecture and implementation for complex ASIC blocks, coordinates with verification and physical design teams, and helps deliver silicon to schedule.
Experience Level
Senior. Typically suitable for engineers with substantial ASIC digital design experience (commonly 7+ years).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include leading design tasks, ensuring implementation quality, and coordinating cross-functional activities.
- Lead RTL design and implementation for digital ASIC blocks.
- Define and review micro-architecture and coding guidelines.
- Collaborate with verification, synthesis, timing, and physical design teams to meet silicon requirements.
- Perform design reviews, code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
- Support tapeout, ECOs, and issue triage during sign-off cycles.
- Optimize for timing, area, and power trade-offs.
- Document designs and maintain engineering artifacts.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and competencies for successful performance in this role.
- Proven experience in digital ASIC design and RTL development using SystemVerilog or VHDL.
- Strong understanding of synthesis, timing closure, and static timing analysis.
- Experience with EDA tool flows (synthesis, simulation, timing, and linting).
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate design decisions clearly.
- Proven track record of delivering design blocks to tapeout-quality standards.
- Nice-to-have: scripting for automation (Python, Tcl), familiarity with low-power techniques, or prior leadership/mentoring experience.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
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.
