Senior Digital Design Engineer – SoC DSP/RTL Expert

Cirrus; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirrus Logic in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Digital Design Engineer to help bring high-performance mixed-signal ICs from concept to production silicon. You’ll work with SoC teams on digital subsystems, RTL blocks, and DSP/control logic interfacing to analog circuitry.

The role requires strong Verilog RTL and digital flow knowledge, plus proven experience across microarchitecture, verification, timing, and synthesis in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Bachelor’s with 7+ years of relevant digital IC design experience.
• Master’s with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Verilog RTL design.
• Clock and reset domain crossing, functional verification, timing constraints and synthesis.
• Experience designing and verifying complex state machines and control logic.
• Familiarity with CMOS VLSI design fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement digital subsystems and IP blocks for mixed-signal ICs from architecture through tape-out.
• Develop RTL designs using Verilog and support integration into larger SoC environments.
• Design and verify DSP, control, and data-path logic, including calibration and monitoring state machines.
• Perform functional verification, integration verification, and support UVM-based verification teams.
• Contribute to behavioral and system modeling of digital and mixed-signal systems.
• Support post-silicon validation, characterization, and production test, including lab bring-up and silicon debug.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure correct interaction between digital logic and analog circuitry.
• Participate in design reviews, tape-out readiness, and root-cause analysis for silicon or system issues.

Skills

Verilog RTL design

Digital IC design

Clock domain crossing

Functional verification

UVM verification

Synthesis

DSP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Vivado/Quartus tooling

Job description

Cirrus Logic in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Digital Design Engineer to help bring high-performance mixed-signal ICs from concept to production silicon. You’ll work with SoC teams on digital subsystems, RTL blocks, and DSP/control logic interfacing to analog circuitry.

The role requires strong Verilog RTL and digital flow knowledge, plus proven experience across microarchitecture, verification, timing, and synthesis in a fast-paced environment.