Senior Custom ASIC Engineering Lead

Job Title

Senior Custom ASIC Engineering Lead

Role Summary

Lead and support external customer ASIC programs across RFQ, design, tape-out, packaging, fabrication, bring-up and production. Provide technical guidance on physical design, STA, DFT, packaging and EDA flows, coordinate cross-functional teams, and identify and mitigate design and schedule risks.

Work within the ASIC Products Division supporting customers in AI, HPC, networking and storage markets.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 12+ years of related ASIC engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree or 10+ years with a Master's degree.

Responsibilities

The role focuses on technical leadership, customer engagement, quality assurance of incoming designs, and cross-functional coordination.

• Manage customer ASIC programs from inception through production, including RFQs, IP/technology collaterals, design, test, packaging and fabrication.
• Review and execute physical design flows to verify incoming customer tape-in netlists meet tape-out quality standards.
• Identify potential design issues from EDA reports, propose fixes and risk mitigations, and track execution with teams.
• Advise customers on EDA tools, flows and best practices; organize technical Q&A with subject-matter experts.
• Coordinate with marketing, sales, legal and regulatory teams on technical aspects of customer designs.
• Stay current with Broadcom IPs, process technologies and end-user applications to inform design guidance.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Multiple tape-outs in advanced technology nodes.
• Hands-on experience in physical design and static timing analysis (STA); familiarity with EDA tools and physical design flows.
• Ability to analyze PPA trade-offs across libraries and architectures.
• Knowledge of low power design and power management techniques.
• Experience with logic simulation, test practices, and packaging considerations.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (TCL, shell, other scripting languages).
• Strong communication skills for technical deep-dives and executive summaries; ability to work with cross-functional and external teams.

Nice-to-have:

• Exposure to SERDES communication protocols.
• Front-end logic design, microarchitecture, Verilog RTL coding, verification and synthesis experience.
• Knowledge of DFT methods including scan and memory BIST/repair.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of related experience, or Master's degree with 10+ years of related experience.

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.