R&D Engineer, IC Design 4

Job Title

R&D Engineer, IC Design 4

Role Summary

Engineer role on Broadcom's ASIC front-end design team in Austin, TX. Responsible for architecture, RTL/logic design, synthesis, and front-end verification of high‑performance ASIC cores.

Works with physical implementation, verification, and cross-functional teams to achieve timing closure and functional correctness.

Experience Level

Senior level — experience expectation: Bachelor's +8 years or Master's +6 years of related ASIC/front-end design experience.

Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include front-end design, verification, and timing analysis:

• Define architecture and design logic blocks from system requirements.
• Develop RTL, perform synthesis, and create synthesis constraints.
• Verify designs using simulation and formal verification flows.
• Analyze physical implementation timing and drive timing closure.
• Simulate, debug, and iterate on RTL and gate-level designs.
• Collaborate with implementation, verification, and system teams to integrate cores.

Requirements

Key technical skills and tools required. (Education and degree guidance are summarized separately below.)

• Proven front-end ASIC design and implementation experience (architecture, RTL, synthesis).
• Proficiency in Verilog simulation and RTL debug.
• Scripting experience with TCL and/or Perl.
• Experience with synthesis tools (Synopsys Design Compiler / DC topo or Cadence RTL Compiler).
• Timing analysis experience with Synopsys PrimeTime for high-frequency designs; familiarity with liberty (LIB) timing models.
• Experience with formal verification tools (Synopsys Formality, Cadence Conformal) and lint tools (Spyglass).
• Knowledge of power analysis flows for RTL and gate-level netlists.
• Understanding of DFT and scan methodology.
• Version control experience (SVN or Git).
• Ability to work independently and to collaborate across engineering teams.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (or equivalent). Career experience guideline provided: Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years of related experience; equivalent practical experience is acceptable.

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.