Staff Engineer, IP Design (ASIC)

Job Title

Staff Engineer, IP Design (ASIC)

Role Summary

Join the SoC Design Team responsible for controllers used in high-performance SSDs. The role owns high-speed interface IP across RTL, verification, timing closure and silicon bring-up to deliver first-pass silicon success.

This position leads design and verification efforts, drives methodology and automation improvements (including AI-assisted flows), and mentors engineers while coordinating cross-functional work through to silicon bring-up.

Experience Level

Senior. The posting specifies a minimum of approximately 8 years of ASIC design experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and verify high-speed interfaces for next-generation storage subsystems (NVMe or chiplet).
• Develop RTL (SystemVerilog/Verilog) and define microarchitecture for interface IP.
• Drive cross-functional efforts from RTL development through timing closure, synthesis, and silicon bring-up.
• Lead verification strategy, debug RTL (using tools such as Verdi/VCS) and improve automation and verification flows.
• Mentor and guide engineers, promoting best practices for first-pass silicon success.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred technical qualifications.

• Must-have: ~8+ years ASIC design experience with deep knowledge of PCIe logic design and integration.
• Practical experience with SystemVerilog/Verilog for RTL development and microarchitecture definition.
• Experience debugging RTL using Verdi/VCS and automating tasks via Python or Perl.
• Experience with Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) issues, timing closure, and synthesis flows.
• Nice-to-have: PCIe Gen4/5/6 architecture knowledge (TLP/FLIT pipelines, flow control, ordering rules, performance tuning).
• Experience with link training, power states (L0/L0P/L1/L2) and Advanced Error Reporting (AER).
• Proven cross-functional leadership working with software and system teams through silicon bring-up.
• Experience with AI-assisted design flows is a plus.

Education Requirements

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: SK hynix America

U.S. subsidiary of SK hynix, a global semiconductor company specializing in DRAM and NAND flash memory and related memory solutions for mobile devices, data centers, and consumer electronics. Focuses on advanced memory technologies, AI applications, and high-performance storage.