Senior Digital Design Engineer – SoC DSP & Silicon Debug

Cirrus Logic; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirrus Logic in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Digital Design Engineer to join a cross‑functional team delivering high‑performance mixed‑signal ICs used by leading consumer and industrial systems. You will design RTL, verify blocks, and contribute to tape‑out readiness in collaboration with analog, verification, layout, and test teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on design, verification, debugging, and collaboration across disciplines to ensure robust silicon from concept to production, with

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Bachelor's with 5+ years of relevant digital IC design experience.
• Master's with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD with 0+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Verilog RTL design.
• Solid understanding of the digital design flow, including 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.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.

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 datapath 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

Digital design flow

State machines

Timing analysis

DSP basics

CMOS VLSI

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

Cirrus Logic in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Digital Design Engineer to join a cross‑functional team delivering high‑performance mixed‑signal ICs used by leading consumer and industrial systems. You will design RTL, verify blocks, and contribute to tape‑out readiness in collaboration with analog, verification, layout, and test teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on design, verification, debugging, and collaboration across disciplines to ensure robust silicon from concept to production, with