Principal ASIC Design Engineer

Job Title

Principal ASIC Design Engineer

Role Summary

Design and deliver complex RTL modules and subsystems for high-performance networking ASICs. Lead micro‑architecture, specification, RTL implementation, power/performance optimization, timing closure and handoff to physical design and verification teams.

Provide technical leadership on cross-functional projects and mentor junior engineers.

Experience Level

Senior — requires 15+ years of relevant ASIC/RTL design experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Architect complex modules and subsystems and produce detailed functional and micro‑architecture specifications meeting power/area/performance targets.
• Implement synthesizable RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog and drive to final netlist.
• Develop functional coverage and SVA to enable thorough verification and catch corner cases.
• Apply power‑reduction techniques during architecture and implementation to meet power targets.
• Collaborate with physical design for timing closure; diagnose and fix RTL timing issues to meet frequency targets.
• Work closely with verification to validate blocks and resolve issues found in simulation and silicon bring‑up.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor new college-grads, junior engineers, and interns.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Proven track record delivering high‑performance subsystems from specification through final netlist.
• Expert proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog and design-for-synthesis practices.
• Experience writing functional coverage and SVA assertions.
• Familiarity with synthesis, lint, static timing analysis and other ASIC development tools.
• Hands‑on experience with power‑reduction techniques and timing‑closure strategies.
• Strong analytical/problem‑solving skills and effective written and verbal communication.
• Knowledge of computer architecture and networking protocols (strongly desired).
• Scripting experience (Perl/Python) is strongly desired.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is required; Master’s degree is strongly desired. Degrees in related electrical/computer engineering fields are implied.

About the Company

Company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Headquarters: Spring, TX, United States

Global enterprise technology company delivering hybrid cloud, edge-to-cloud platforms, servers, storage, networking, and IT services to help organizations build, run, and secure applications and infrastructure at scale.