Senior Digital Design Engineer

Silanna; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Silanna Semiconductors is seeking an experienced Senior Digital Design Engineer to contribute to the design and development of integrated circuit solutions related to Silanna’s mixed-signal technology.

The role encompasses RTL architecture, SystemVerilog/UVM verification, design integration, timing analysis, FPGA prototyping, and test bench debugging across the full IC development cycle. Strong communication and collaboration abilities are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (BSEE) required with relevant industry experience.
• Master’s (MSEE) preferred.
• 5+ years in digital IC/ASIC design and verification.
• Exposure to synthesis flows and physical design (e.g., place-and-route, timing closure, power optimization).
• Proficiency in UNIX/Linux and Python scripting is desirable.
• Experience with FPGA prototyping and emulation platforms is a plus.
• Background in mixed-signal design is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop RTL designs in Verilog/SystemVerilog for complex digital and mixed-signal ICs.
• Define and implement verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM methodologies.
• Create test plans, constrained-random testbenches, assertions, coverage models, and regression suites.
• Collaborate with system engineers to optimize circuit designs and system specification trade-offs.
• Perform block-level and top-level integration and verification.
• Analyze and debug functional, timing, CDC, reset, and integration issues.
• Support synthesis, static timing analysis, lint, CDC, and low-power verification flows.
• Assist with top-level assembly and design tapeout to semiconductor foundry.
• Collaborate with backend engineers on synthesis, floorplanning, timing closure, and PNR.

Skills

RTL design

SystemVerilog

UVM

Digital design fundamentals

Clock-domain crossing

Reset synchronization

Timing closure

ASIC/SoC development flows

Agent-based AI environments

Synthesis flows

Physical design

FPGA prototyping

Emulation platforms

UNIX/Linux

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)

Tools

EDA tools

SystemVerilog/UVM environment

Job description

Silanna Semiconductors is actively seeking an experienced Senior Digital Design Engineer to contribute to the design and development of integrated circuit solutions related to Silanna’s innovative mixed-signal technology.

This position requires participation in all aspects of the IC development cycle including RTL architecture and design, SystemVerilog/UVM verification, design integration, synthesis support, timing analysis, FPGA prototyping, and test bench debug and characterization.

Experience with physical implementation flows including synthesis and place-and-route is highly desirable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The team drives architecture, design, implementation, and verifcation of mixed-signal systems that include circuit blocks such as PLLs, DLLs, VCOs, ADCs, DACs, Filters, clock distribution and/or recovery systems.

• Develop RTL designs in Verilog/SystemVerilog for complex digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits
• Define and implement verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM methodologies
• Create test plans, constrained-random testbenches, assertions, coverage models, and regression suites
• Collaborate with system engineers to optimize circuit designs and system specification trade-offs
• Perform block-level and top-level integration and verification
• Analyze and debug functional, timing, CDC, reset, and integration issues
• Support synthesis, static timing analysis, lint, CDC, and low-power verification flows
• Assist with top-level assembly and design tapeout to semiconductor foundry
• Collaborate with backend engineers on synthesis, floorplanning, timing closure, and place-and-route activities
• Create SystemVerilog models of the analog blocks
• Characterize and debug relevant blocks in silicon
• Perform bench testing and verification from prototype debug through production release
• Report the results of IC design, analysis, and evaluation

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong background in RTL design, digital IC architecture, DSP, and functional verification methodologies
• Solid understanding of Verilog/SystemVerilog, UVM, digital design fundamentals, clock-domain crossing, reset synchronization, timing closure, and ASIC/SoC
  development flows
• Familiarity with mixed-signal integration and modeling techniques
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for simulation, verification, synthesis, PNR, and debug
• Experience with bench testing, characterization, and debug of analog/mixed-signal circuits using test/measurement equipment and computer software
• Strong technical communication skills including verbal and writing skills
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (BSEE) required with relevant industry experience; Master’s (MSEE) preferred
• Preferably 5+ years in digital IC/ASIC design and verification
• Required familiarity with working in agent-based (Agentic) AI environments
• Exposure to synthesis flows and physical design (e.g., place-and-route, timing closure, power optimization) is a plus
• Proficiency in UNIX/Linux and strong Python scripting skills are desirable
• Experience with FPGA prototyping and emulation platforms is a plus
• Background in mixed-signal design is advantageous

Pay Range and Other Compensation and Benefits

USD $200,000 - $250,000 Annually

This role offers a competitive base salary - reflecting the full range for this location alongside a comprehensive total rewards package. In addition to base pay, compensation includes eligibility for discretionary annual bonuses, plus extensive benefits designed to support your work-life balance.

EEO Employer: Silanna Semiconductor is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Silanna Semiconductor expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.