Principal ASIC Design Engineer - AI Hardware

Upscale, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Upscale, Inc. is building high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads. We seek an experienced ASIC design engineer to define micro-architecture for next-gen designs, and to drive power, performance, and area targets.

You will own RTL entry and collaborate across verification, layout, and DFT teams to ensure robust designs. The role demands SystemVerilog expertise, strong fundamentals in logic design, and proven ability to deliver in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• BE or MS in EE, CE, or CS required.
• 5+ years of related engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience in logic design on complex ASICs.
• Experience with SystemVerilog for logic design.
• Understanding of logic design fundamentals, clock domain crossing, synthesis and timing closure.
• Strong communication and teamwork in fast-paced startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and document micro-architecture on next generation designs as part of ASIC Design.
• Own logic design and RTL entry meeting power, performance, and area targets.
• Collaborate with verification and emulation to ensure test plans align with architecture and design intent.
• Coordinate with physical design for timing closure and area optimization.
• Work with DFT integration with test teams and drive design fixes.
• Operate independently and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Skills

SystemVerilog

Logic design

RTL design

Timing closure

Collaboration

Education

BE or MS in EE, CE, CS

Job description

Upscale, Inc. is building high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads. We seek an experienced ASIC design engineer to define micro-architecture for next-gen designs, and to drive power, performance, and area targets.

You will own RTL entry and collaborate across verification, layout, and DFT teams to ensure robust designs. The role demands SystemVerilog expertise, strong fundamentals in logic design, and proven ability to deliver in a fast-paced startup environment.