Senior Staff IP Design Engineer

Lattice Semiconductor; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lattice Semiconductor in Penang, Malaysia, seeks an experienced FPGA software engineer to design and develop FPGA foundation IP and tooling. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan requirements, scope features, and validate releases, while maintaining existing tools and increasing test coverage for higher quality.

Key work includes RTL development in Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog, DSP IP blocks, and ensuring timing and performance targets are met within the FPGA fabric.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Digital Signal Processor (DSP) DSP-centric foundation IP blocks, including multipliers, accumulators, FIR/IIR filter primitives, and arithmetic units targeted for integration into FPGA fabric
• Develop RTL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog) for DSP hard macros and programmable DSP slices
• Perform functional simulation and timing analysis to ensure correctness and performance targets are met

Skills

RTL design (Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog

DSP theory & algorithms

Fixed-point arithmetic

FFT

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Synopsys Design Compiler

PrimeTime

Radiant

Quartus

Job description

Lattice Overview

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality. Energy feeds on energy. If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.

Job Description

A successful candidate will join a team designing and developing Lattice FPGA software tools at Penang. The candidate will contribute to research, design and development of FPGA Foundation IP and IP Catalog tooling. The candidate is expected to work closely with cross-functional teams to plan and execute Lattice FPGA software release cycle including requirement analysis, feature scoping, development, testing and validation. The candidate also will be responsible for maintaining existing software product tools and develop improvement plan to increase the test coverage to achieve high product quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Digital Signal Processor (DSP) DSP-centric foundation IP blocks, including multipliers, accumulators, FIR/IIR filter primitives, and arithmetic units targeted for integration into FPGA fabric
• Develop RTL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog) for DSP hard macros and programmable DSP slices
• Perform functional simulation and timing analysis to ensure correctness and performance targets are met
• Engage with software and tools teams to ensure DSP IP is correctly modeled in simulation libraries and synthesis flows

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• 10 or more years of experience in IP design or ASIC/FPGA engineering
• Strong proficiency in RTL design using Verilog, VHDL, or SystemVerilog
• Working experience in DSP theory and algorithms: filtering, FFT, fixed-point arithmetic, sample-rate conversion

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with functional verification methodologies (SystemVerilog Assertions, formal verification)
• Familiarity with synthesis and static timing analysis tools (Synopsys Design Compiler, PrimeTime, Radiant, Quartus or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of FPGA architectures and programmable DSP slice design

Additional Information

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in: Malaysia Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry. Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry. Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions. Our global workforce, some 1,000 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win. For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com. You can also follow us via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS.

At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace. Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.

At Lattice, our core values aren’t just something we look for in candidates – they’re something we actively cultivate and live by every day.

GROWTH

We foster a culture where everyone strives for continuous learning and development. We challenge ourselves to boldly deliver exceptional growth and value for customers and shareholders.

RELIABILITY

Our customers trust us to deliver, and we take that responsibility seriously. By committing ourselves to dependable supply, support, and solutions, we build strong collaboration that lasts and thrives.

EXECUTION

Innovation turns great ideas into results. Together, we create differentiated products and solutions through disciplined planning, decisiveness, and timely delivery with uncompromising quality.

ACCOUNTABILITY

We own our actions and outcomes: holding ourselves to the highest standards, agilely adapting to change, delivering on our commitments, and empowering each other to drive our success.

TRANSPARENCY

Openness builds trust. We lead with integrity and candor, facing hard facts and embracing tough conversations with clear communication, decisive action, and open honesty at every level.

Lattice is strengthening is leadership in compute, communications, industrial, and embedded markets – underscored by multiple award wins that recognize its innovation, leadership, workplace culture, and collaboration-driven solutions. Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) is the low power programmable leader. For over 40 years, Lattice has driven innovation in the semiconductor industry. Our compact, power-efficient field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are essential to building a secure, intelligent, and connected world. Lattice is the #1 supplier of small FPGAs worldwide, with the largest installed base in the industry. Our solutions are trusted by over 11,000 customers globally, spanning the compute, communications, industrial, and embedded markets. Founded in 1983 in Oregon’s Silicon Forest, Lattice has grown into a global leader with a passionate team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of programmable logic and fostering a culture of innovation. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon with major operations in San Jose, California, Shanghai, China, and Manilla, Philippines.