Lead ASIC Systems Debug Engineer - 5G/6G Silicon

Ericsson; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Ericsson GmbH in Austin, Texas is seeking an experienced ASIC Systems Debug Engineer to own challenging silicon and system-level failures. You will lead investigations across the full product lifecycle, from bring-up through manufacturing and field deployment, in a hybrid on-site role.

You will debug complex subsystems, including DMA engines, interconnect fabrics, memory paths, and on-chip interfaces, and translate findings into actionable corrective actions and diagnostics improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex ASIC or SoC system-debug and root-cause investigations.
• Structured approach to turning ambiguous symptoms into a debug plan.
• Deep understanding of system architecture and hardware, firmware, and software interactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex ASIC and system investigations across multiple IP and system domains.
• Develop strategies to reproduce, isolate, and characterize failures.
• Investigate silicon quality escapes using production, repair, test, and field data.
• Debug complex ASIC subsystems across on-chip interfaces, memory, and data movement.
• Translate findings into corrective actions and production-containment plans.
• Identify gaps in test coverage and diagnostics across environments.
• Create tools, scripts, and automation to accelerate system debug.

Skills

ASIC debug

System debug

Root-cause analysis

Scripting

Lab hardware

High-speed interfaces

Diagnostics tooling

Python

C/C++

Leadership

Tools

Trace tools

Diagnostics tools

Python

Lab equipment

Job description

Ericsson GmbH in Austin, Texas is seeking an experienced ASIC Systems Debug Engineer to own challenging silicon and system-level failures. You will lead investigations across the full product lifecycle, from bring-up through manufacturing and field deployment, in a hybrid on-site role.

You will debug complex subsystems, including DMA engines, interconnect fabrics, memory paths, and on-chip interfaces, and translate findings into actionable corrective actions and diagnostics improvements.