Senior Staff Digital Design Engineer

SkyeChip Berhad; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

SkyeChip is seeking a senior IC design engineer to architect, design, and verify complex digital IPs and SOC subsystems for ASIC/FPGA products in Malaysia. You will collaborate with system architects, verification, and physical design teams to deliver high-performance RTL implementations.

You'll lead design reviews, support documentation, and help shape roadmaps for sensor IPs, while ensuring RTL correctness and robust verification across the SoC flow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering.
• 5–10+ years of experience in ASIC/FPGA digital design.
• Strong knowledge of RTL design using SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Deep understanding of SoC design flow, including synthesis, timing, power, and verification.
• Familiar with AMBA bus protocols (AXI/AHB/APB).
• Experience with EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor).
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Architect with system engineers to perform:-
• Specify correct implementation of RTL design and verify digital circuits to deliver high performance, low power, and efficient implementation.
• Work with architects on complex digital IPs and subsystems for SoCs or ASIC/FPGA-based products
• Conduct design reviews and support in documentation.
• Support in the roadmap formulation for the sensor IPs.
• Support view generation engineers to verify the correctness of the Ips views.

Skills

SystemVerilog/Verilog

RTL design

SoC design flow

Debugging

Problem-solving

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Synopsys

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Location (on-site): Malaysia (Penang/Selangor)

For more positions, visit SkyeChip Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyechip

Role Summary

This role will be responsible for architecting, designing, and verifying complex digital IPs and subsystems for SoCs or ASIC/FPGA-based products. As a senior role, it requires to work closely with system architects, verification, and physical design teams to deliver high-performance, power-efficient, and functionally correct RTL implementations. Overall, the expectation of the role covers up to IP and subsystem level, be it IP development or subsystem level development to contribute towards a SOC comprising of many IPs and subsystems.

Key Responsibilities

Architect with system engineers to perform:-

Specify correct implementation of RTL design and verify digital circuits to deliver high performance, low power, and efficient implementation.

Work with architects on complex digital IPs and subsystems for SoCs or ASIC/FPGA-based products

Conduct design reviews and support in documentation.

Support in the roadmap formulation for the sensor IPs.

Support view generation engineers to verify the correctness of the Ips views.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering.
• 5–10+ years of experience in ASIC/FPGA digital design.
• Strong knowledge of RTL design using SystemVerilog/Verilog.
• Deep understanding of SoC design flow, including synthesis, timing, power, and verification.
• Familiar with AMBA bus protocols (AXI/AHB/APB).
• Experience with EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor).
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.

Consumer Electronics Manufacturing 101-1,000 employees

About SkyeChip

We set our eyes to be a global IC company powered by Malaysian talents, focusing on delivering cutting edge IPs and ASIC solutions to accelerate AI Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing systems.

We are looking for high aiming IC design engineers to join us and seize the golden startup opportunity. We have a high growth market and keen customers waiting for our technology solutions. We value innovation, different perspectives, ideas, and we are committed to help you reach your full potential.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, generous stock options to share the company's success and unlimited career advancement opportunities! With Skyechip, the sky is the limit.

About SkyeChip

We set our eyes to be a global IC company powered by Malaysian talents, focusing on delivering cutting edge IPs and ASIC solutions to accelerate AI Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing systems.

We are looking for high aiming IC design engineers to join us and seize the golden startup opportunity. We have a high growth market and keen customers waiting for our technology solutions. We value innovation, different perspectives, ideas, and we are committed to help you reach your full potential.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, generous stock options to share the company's success and unlimited career advancement opportunities! With Skyechip, the sky is the limit.

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