Digital IC Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent in Berkeley, CA is seeking a Digital IC Engineer to own RTL-to-silicon for a photonic AI processor. You will lead RTL design and collaborate with analog and photonics teams to bring up silicon onsite.

Seniority is flexible; the role focuses on DSP, mixed-signal interfaces and ownership from RTL through implementation. Base salary ranges from $180K to $220K with equity, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Hands-on digital IC / ASIC design experience.
• Strong RTL skills and experience taking designs through synthesis and implementation.
• Experience with DSP, mixed-signal interfaces or silicon bring-up.

Responsibilities

• Design RTL for DSP, control and interface logic.
• Develop digital interfaces to analog and photonic hardware.
• Perform synthesis, timing closure and physical implementation.
• Develop and maintain digital design CAD flow.
• Oversee silicon bring-up, validation and debugging.
• Collaborate with analog, photonics and packaging engineers.

Skills

RTL design

Digital IC/ASIC

DSP

Synthesis

Timing closure

Physical implementation

CAD flow

Silicon bring-up

Tools

Synthesis tools

CAD tools

Job description

Digital IC Engineer | RTL-to-Silicon | Photonic AI Computing

Want to design the digital logic that helps turn light into compute?

I’m working with an early-stage photonic computing startup building a new generation of AI processors and looking for aDigital IC Engineerto take ownership of the digital side of its mixed-signal chips.

With$15M in seed funding, live customers and optical tensor cores already taped out, the team is hiring a foundational digital engineer with ownership fromRTL through implementation and silicon bring-up.

What you’ll work on:

• RTL design for DSP, control and interface logic
• Digital interfaces to analog and photonic hardware
• Synthesis, timing closure and physical implementation
• Digital design tools and CAD flow development
• Silicon bring-up, validation and debugging
• Collaboration with analog, photonics and packaging engineers

What they’re looking for:

Hands-ondigital IC / ASIC design experience, strong RTL skills, and experience taking designs through synthesis and implementation.

Experience withDSP, mixed-signal interfaces or silicon bring-upwould be particularly relevant.

You’ll work closely with analog and photonics engineers, with room to shape the design flow and take substantial technical ownership.Seniority is flexible depending on experience.

Berkeley, CA | Fully onsite

$180K–$220K base + equity, depending on experience

If your background sits at the intersection ofdigital IC design, DSP and mixed-signal hardware, I’d love to hear from you.