Principal VLSI/ ASIC Design Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 367,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Development programs

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Principal VLSI/ASIC Design Engineer in California. The role focuses on architecture, RTL design, implementation, and analysis of complex SoCs for networking and compute.

You will influence product strategy and roadmaps, mentor engineers, and drive design excellence. The position requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and deep expertise in ASIC/VLSI processes with experience in Verilog/SystemVerilog.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Typically, 9+ years of experience in ASIC, VLSI, SoC, or related hardware design.
• Experience leading architecture and design exploration through RTL implementation and product integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage ASIC architecture and design exploration for complex networking, compute, and SoC applications.
• Define architectural approaches, microarchitectures, design methodologies, and implementation plans.
• Design, develop, and modify complex RTL blocks using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Drive RTL implementation from architectural definition through synthesis and timing closure.
• Mentor engineers and promote design innovation and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware, firmware, verification, and manufacturing teams.

Skills

ASIC/VLSI design principles

RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog)

Architectural decisions

Leadership and mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Job description

Principal VLSI/ ASIC Design Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

The Principal VLSI/ASIC Design Engineer is responsible for the architecture, RTL design, implementation, and analysis of complex VLSI components and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. This role contributes to early-stage architecture and design exploration and carries concepts through detailed design implementation for networking, compute, and other complex SoC applications. The engineer will serve as a recognized technical authority in ASIC and VLSI design, influencing product strategy, technology roadmaps, architectural direction, and implementation methodologies across organizations and business units. The role requires strong technical leadership, innovation, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to mentor engineers while delivering high-quality, scalable, and production-ready designs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage ASIC architecture and design exploration for complex networking, compute, and SoC applications.
• Define architectural approaches, microarchitectures, design methodologies, and implementation plans aligned with product requirements and technology roadmaps.
• Design, develop, and modify complex RTL blocks using industry-standard hardware description languages and design practices.
• Drive RTL implementation from architectural definition through synthesis, physical implementation support, timing closure, and production readiness.
• Analyze design tradeoffs involving performance, power, area, scalability, reliability, and time to market.
• Develop and evaluate VLSI components and hardware systems across multiple platforms and product organizations.
• Conduct design reviews and evaluate product designs for compliance with architecture, implementation guidelines, quality standards, and industry best practices.
• Establish operating data and performance expectations through analytical modeling, simulation, prototyping, and experimental evaluation.
• Provide tangible, data-driven feedback to improve product quality, reduce design risk, and mitigate potential product failures.
• Contribute to organization-wide ASIC design architectures, methodologies, and standards.
• Create integration plans for incorporating new technologies, IP, design practices, and implementation improvements into existing architectures.
• Identify emerging technologies, innovations, tools, and external partnerships that support business objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Review material specifications, hardware designs, electrical component requirements, and related technical documentation.
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware, firmware, verification, physical design, systems, software, manufacturing, and external development teams.
• Influence technical decisions made by business leadership, development partners, suppliers, and industry standards organizations.
• Provide technical leadership for significant projects and programs, connecting teams across functions around common objectives.
• Mentor less-experienced engineers and promote design innovation, engineering excellence, and knowledge sharing.
• Serve as an internal authority on ASIC and VLSI engineering, providing consultation across organizations and business units.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered. Typically, 9 + or more years of experience in ASIC, VLSI, SoC, or related hardware design. Demonstrated experience designing complex RTL blocks for networking, compute, communications, storage, or other advanced SoC applications. Experience leading architecture and design exploration through RTL implementation and product integration. Design verification experience is not required but is highly desirable.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced knowledge of ASIC and VLSI design principles, digital logic, RTL design, and SoC development.
• Proven experience developing complex RTL using Verilog, System Verilog, or comparable hardware description languages.
• Understanding of ASIC development flows, including architecture, microarchitecture, RTL coding, synthesis, timing analysis, physical design interaction, and design signoff.
• Experience with design modeling, simulation, performance analysis, and empirical evaluation methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills.
• Ability to evaluate design alternatives and make recommendations based on performance, power, area, cost, risk, and schedule.
• Experience defining and improving design methodologies, tools, automation, and engineering practices.
• Demonstrated innovation, including the development or adoption of new technologies, methodologies, or design practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to communicate architectural proposals, design plans, tradeoffs, risks, and results effectively.
• Proven ability to influence decisions across business units, functions, senior leadership, external partners, and industry organizations.
• Strong collaboration skills and experience working effectively across geographically distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Ability to mentor engineers and provide technical direction without direct management responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with networking ASICs, data-processing units, switching, routing, acceleration, storage, or high-performance computing architectures.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces, packet-processing pipelines, memory subsystems, interconnects, or performance-critical datapaths.
• Familiarity with formal verification, constrained-random verification, coverage methodologies, or verification planning.
• Experience with low-power design, clock-domain crossing, reset-domain crossing, DFT, and design-for-reuse methodologies.
• Knowledge of industry standards and leading-edge ASIC implementation technologies.
• Experience working with outsourced development partners, IP vendors, foundries, or semiconductor suppliers.

Leadership and Impact

Makes substantial technical contributions to significant HPE products, programs, or strategic architectural initiatives. Acts as a go-to creator and innovator for critical business and technology challenges. Delivers unique, long-lasting improvements in areas such as time to market, product quality, cost reduction, scalability, and customer value. Is recognized as an internal authority in key ASIC, RTL, and VLSI technology areas. Provides technical leadership for major projects and programs and unites teams around common goals. Actively mentors engineers and contributes to the broader technical community.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

• Health & Wellbeing: We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. Let's Stay Connected: Follow @HPECareers on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE.

Job

Engineering Job Level: TCP_05

Salary

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. - United States of America: Annual Salary USD 181,000 - 367,000 in California The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

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Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.