Sr. Staff Digital Engineer

Semtech; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Semtech is looking for a highly experienced digital integrated circuit design engineer in Hyderabad, India. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of industry experience, a B.S. or M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering, and expertise in SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing digital circuits, as well as supporting verification plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience in digital integrated circuit design.
• Strong background with MCU-based hardware systems and digital micro-architecture.
• Demonstration of technical leadership and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, verify and optimize complex digital circuits.
• Support development of comprehensive verification plans and testbenches.
• Collaborate with system design to create digital specification definition.

Skills

Digital integrated circuit design

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL proficiency

Hardware protocols knowledge

Communication skills

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Digital EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens)

Scripting languages (Python, Perl, tcl)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, verify and optimize complex digital circuits for low‑power mixed‑signal circuits. Design digital hardware functions and sub/full systems in RTL code using SystemVerilog, Verilog or VHDL. Collaborate with system design to create digital specification definition. Implement design for testability (scan chain, BIST, boundary scan) and diagnosis features to support hardware testing. Generate technical documentation and drive design reviews. (40%)
• Define constraints, perform logic synthesis, implement or supervise physical design for timing closure, perform DFT insertion and create test vectors, perform static timing closure. (10%)
• Support development of comprehensive verification plans and testbenches, including functional verification, RTL and gate‑level simulations, timing analysis, and top verification. Define and implement pre‑silicon digital hardware emulation and FPGA prototyping. (20%)
• Support silicon lab evaluation, performance characterization and debug. (10%)
• Interface with system, embedded firmware, analog, verification and cross‑functional teams. (10%)
• Technical support to test, product and application engineers. (10%)

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience in digital integrated circuit design
• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Strong analytical, synthesis and problem‑solving skills
• In‑depth knowledge and experience in digital IC development for mixed‑signal ICs, frontend‑to‑backend flow, timing closure, HW‑SW architectures and co‑design, data path, signal processing, low‑power techniques, constraints development, timing analysis, system trade‑offs (power, speed, hardware resources, area)
• Strong background with MCU‑based hardware systems (ARM, RISC‑V, PIC, STM32) with memories, digital micro‑architecture, interfaces, and dedicated hardware peripherals
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL, scripting languages (Python, Perl, tcl), debugging capabilities, and industry‑leading digital EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens)
• Knowledge of verification methodologies and tools (SystemVerilog, UVM/OVM, formal verification)
• Demonstration of technical leadership and innovation
• Experience with standard hardware protocols (I2C, I3C, SPI, MIPI)
• Hands‑on experience with development boards, FPGAs, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, supplies, multimeters and associated measurement methods
• Independent, self‑motivated, rigorous, innovating, team player and able to follow through
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of system‑level aspects: signal processing, mixed‑signal, embedded firmware, analog, modelling, test and application

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with system design methods & tools, Matlab, etc.
• Experience with consumer and/or ITA market circuit developments