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Senior ASIC VLSI Synthesis and Design Engineer / Direct Hire, FTE / Onsite in Irvine, CA or Santa Clara, CA / Candidates must be US Citizens or Green Card holders / Salary range $185-225K
Our client is looking for a Senior ASIC/VLSI Synthesis and Design Engineer to drive the development of high-performance, low-power digital designs for cutting-edge ASICs and SoCs. This role involves optimizing power, performance, and area while ensuring timing closure, gate-level simulation, and post-silicon validation. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement synthesis methodologies, constraint development, DFT integration, and power analysis.
If you have a strong background in ASIC/VLSI design, with deep expertise in synthesis, timing closure, DFT, and post-silicon debug, we want to hear from you.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience, or Master’s degree with 6 years of experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical field.
- 8 years of ASIC/VLSI design experience, focusing on synthesis and timing closure for large scale design in deep submicron technology.
- Expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL coding and constraint development for synthesis.
- Proficiency in synthesis tools from leading EDA vendors (Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor).
- Experience with gate-level simulation, static timing analysis (STA), and power-aware synthesis.
- Strong post-silicon debug and validation skills, including production bring-up and failure analysis.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Tcl, Perl, Python) for automation and flow optimization.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment.
Pay for this position is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
A sign-on payment and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered by our client.
Applicants should apply via The Mice Groups Inc. website (www.micegroups.com) or through this careers site posting.
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Salary : $185,000 - $225,000