Digital IC Engineer: RTL-to-Silicon | Onsite Berkeley | Equity

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

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.