ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer
SynopsysJob Title
ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer
Role Summary
Staff-level engineer on the ASIC Digital Design team based in Bengaluru. The role leads design and delivery of complex digital blocks for SoC projects, collaborates with verification and physical-design teams, and drives implementation to meet functional, performance, and timing targets.
Experience Level
Senior (Staff). Typically a staff-level engineer with 7+ years of ASIC digital design experience or equivalent proven technical leadership in digital design.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities expected for this role:
- Lead RTL/microarchitecture definition and implementation for digital IP or SoC subsystems.
- Deliver synthesis-friendly RTL, constraints, and support timing-closure activities.
- Coordinate with verification, backend (P&R), and system teams to integrate and deliver silicon-ready blocks.
- Drive design reviews, debug silicon issues, and support bring-up and post-silicon validation.
- Mentor and provide technical leadership to other engineers on the team.
- Contribute to design processes, coding standards, and reuse strategies.
Requirements
Minimum qualifications and desirable skills.
- Must-have: Proven experience in ASIC digital design at a senior/staff level, including RTL design and hands-on delivery of silicon modules.
- Must-have: Strong practical knowledge of digital design flows (RTL coding, synthesis, static timing analysis) and debugging methodology.
- Must-have: Experience collaborating with verification, physical-design and system teams; ability to drive cross-functional technical decisions.
- Nice-to-have: Familiarity with SystemVerilog/UVM, FPGA prototyping, low-power techniques, or high-speed serial interfaces.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with EDA tool flows and scripting for automation (Python, Perl, Tcl, or similar).
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.
