ASIC Digital Design Engineer

Job Description

Due to the type of work at the facility and certain access restrictions, successful applicants must be a U.S. Citizen or PERM Resident

Job Summary:

ASIC Digital Design Engineer: Oversees definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development. Determines architecture design, logic design, and system simulation. Defines module interfaces/formats for simulation. Contributes to the development of multidimensional designs involving the layout of complex integrated circuits. Evaluates all aspects of the process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power use. Analyzes equipment to establish operation data, conducts experimental tests, and evaluates results. May also review vendor capability to support development.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Flow down and documentation of customer requirements

Perform digital design, timing design, and detailed digital simulations

Develop IC specifications & documentation

Requirements Capture & Documentation

Translating system-level specs into digital requirements.

Creating detailed timing (setup/hold, pixel clocking) and block diagrams.

Creating risk assessments and traceability matrices.

RTL Front-End Design

Behavioral modeling of digital controllers (e.g., pixel readout sequencing, windowing).

Finite State Machine and datapath design for ASIC modes.

Clock domain crossing and power-aware RTL coding (asynchronous resets, and multi-clock domains).

Modular and synthesizable SystemVerilog.

Synthesis & Optimization

Logic synthesis with constraints (timing, area, power).

Multi-corner, multi-mode (MCMM) analysis.

DFT/ATPG insertion (scan chains, BIST for ASIC testability).

Clock/Power optimization for low-power ASICs.

Perform Back-End Physical Design as needed

Floorplanning and power grid design.

Place and Route (APR) with congestion management.

Timing closure across PVT corners.

DRC, LVS, extraction and signoff.

Perform RTL Verification & Simulation as needed

Functional verification with UVM testbenches, coverage driven verification(code/functional/toggle).

Assertion based checks for timing critical paths, and co-simulation with analog models (e.g., pixel array interfaces, Verilog-AMS).

Customer interface and design review presentations

Coordination with design team, analog design, and full custom IC cell layout

IC Device Test Support: Provide assistance (as required) to test engineering to perform test verification

Attention to Detail required while performing design, layout, verification and simulations

Collaboration and Teamwork required to coordinate with design team, analog design, and full custom IC cell layout team members

Knowledge of and Continuous Learning in the following Areas:

Full Custom IC Layout Design and CAD tools

Imaging Systems and Electro-Optical Components

Digital design for CMOS technology

Simulation tools such as SPICE

Schematic Capture and simulation

Digital Synthesis and RTL code development, implementation, and verification

Additional Skills Required:

Analytical Problem-Solving skills required in order to identify the root cause of difficult technical problems as well as analyzing alternate approaches and developing practical solutions to solve technical problems while performing complex IC designs.

Organization, Planning & Execution required to ensure adherence to detailed digital IC design process and documentation

Strong Communication Skills and Good Presentation required to support customer presentations. i.e. PDR, CDR

Innovation: must have the ability to develop new ideas and/or creative designs using innovative methodologies and/or concepts

Decision Making; Must be self-directing and possess the ability to make decisions based on problem analysis and evaluation of alternatives, risks and consequences

Job Qualifications:

B.S. in EE or Physics required

Minimum 5 years’ experience in IC design, circuit topology, digital schematic capture and simulation desired.

Strong Computer Skills: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Knowledgeable in ISO 9001 process and procedures

Advanced skills in IC Design CAD tools

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen or PERMANENT Resident

Salary Range: $141,900.00-$189,200.000 (annual estimate)

Full-time