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Principal Digital ASIC Design Engineer

Ed Wallach Search Group

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Public Trust
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Engineering - Mechanical
Cambridge, MA (On-Site/Office)

We are seeking talented and motivated individuals to tackle challenging engineering problems in advanced digital IC design.
As a Principal Digital ASIC Designer, you will be responsible for designing high-performance digital ASICs in advanced technologies.
You will be responsible for implementing designs from RTL through synthesis.
You will work in multi-disciplinary teams with opportunities to learn, grow and contribute to a variety of projects in different application areas.

Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities

• Design and simulate circuits at transistor-level to implement architecture and requirement specifications

• Contribute to system-level design

• Optimize hardware designs for performance, power, and cost

• Evaluate the hardware feasibility of complex algorithms and requirements

• Independently contribute to complex chip architectures and designs

• Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements

• Contribute to business development and proposal activities

• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers

• Perform or guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits using extracted parasitics, contribute to design-for-test development.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills/Abilities

• Proficiency in integrated circuit design

• Understanding of integrated circuits, semiconductors, and general computer architecture

• Ability to write detailed design specifications

• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent mathematical skills

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to prioritize tasks

• Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals

Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field. Masters degree preferred.

Experience
Requires 7-10 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or 5-10 years of experience with a master's degree in ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with low power circuit design

• Experience with CMOS advanced nodes below 32nm

• Experience with radiation-hardened electronics

Additional Job Description:

• Applicants should possess solid skills in front-end digital systems design with experience in design flows from Cadence or Synopsys.

• Be fluent in System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL and familiar with LINT, simulation and synthesis.

• Familiarity with architectures for secure systems design, e.g., cryptographic encoders / decoders or tagged processor architectures is a plus.

• Demonstrated experience with successful tape-outs at advanced nodes is desired. Experience leading and managing design teams is also desired.

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.
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