Senior ASIC/DDR PHY Firmware Engineer

Synopsys; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Job summary

Synopsys is seeking an engineer to design and maintain PHYINIT software for DDR PHY IP, across multiple generations. You will write embedded firmware for training sequences and calibration, and collaborate to enable new DDR features.

You will debug bring-up on customer silicon, analyze logs, and streamline configuration generation through automation. The role requires a strong firmware background, C programming, and scripting in Python/Perl, with emphasis on debugging and RTL understanding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE/CE or equivalent.
• 5+ years in ASIC design, verification, or firmware with bring-up work.
• Strong C programming and firmware development for hardware systems.
• Proficiency in Python or Perl for automation and build flows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain PHYINIT software for DDR PHY IP across generations.
• Write runtime firmware for embedded controllers within the PHY.
• Collaborate with digital design/verification to enable new DDR features.
• Debug bring-up issues on customer silicon and test chips with logs and waveforms.
• Build and improve automation flows to generate configuration code and validate settings.
• Own the software/firmware release process for PHYINIT across revisions.

Skills

C programming

Python scripting

Perl scripting

Debugging skills

Data structures and algorithms

Firmware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Python automation

Perl build scripts

RTL understanding

Job description

Synopsys is seeking an engineer to design and maintain PHYINIT software for DDR PHY IP, across multiple generations. You will write embedded firmware for training sequences and calibration, and collaborate to enable new DDR features.

You will debug bring-up on customer silicon, analyze logs, and streamline configuration generation through automation. The role requires a strong firmware background, C programming, and scripting in Python/Perl, with emphasis on debugging and RTL understanding.