Senior Digital ASIC Designer & Architect — High-Impact ICs

Draper; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace flexibility

Job summary

Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Digital ASIC Designer to create high-performance digital ASICs in advanced technologies. Responsibilities include RTL-to-synthesis implementation, system-level design, and mentoring junior engineers.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10 years of ASIC hardware experience, SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL fluency, and a track record of successful tape-outs. On-site work in Cambridge with eligibility for US security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; master’s preferred.
• 7–10 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 5–10 years with a master’s degree in ASIC hardware engineering or related.
• Fluency with SystemVerilog, Verilog or VHDL; familiarity with LINT, simulation and synthesis.

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate circuits at transistor level to implement architecture and requirements.
• Contribute to system-level design and optimize hardware for performance, power, and cost.
• Independently drive complex chip architectures and designs; lead design teams when needed.
• Guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits with extracted parasitics.

Skills

SystemVerilog / Verilog / VHDL

Digital ASIC design

Front-end digital design

Leadership of design teams

Troubleshooting and optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cadence

Synopsys

Job description

Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Digital ASIC Designer to create high-performance digital ASICs in advanced technologies. Responsibilities include RTL-to-synthesis implementation, system-level design, and mentoring junior engineers.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10 years of ASIC hardware experience, SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL fluency, and a track record of successful tape-outs. On-site work in Cambridge with eligibility for US security clearance is required.