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Synopsys

ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer

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staff employee Bengaluru, Karnataka

First indexed 15 Sept 2026

Description

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and verification to ensure the efficiency and reliability of semiconductor products. These engineers play a crucial role in advancing technology and enabling innovations in various industries.

You are a Staff ASIC Digital Design Engineer who owns a PCIe subsystem end to end. You turn architecture into solid micro-architecture and production RTL, and you are the technical owner for that area across configurations, reviews, and debug.

You have substantial experience designing complex high-speed interface IP in RTL. You know PCIe well,or you have done equivalent work on CXL, AMBA, DDR, UCIe, or similar protocols. You work across clocking, resets, flow control and low power, and making parameterized RTL maintainable.

You can mentor senior and junior designers through reviews and guidance, and you drive issues to closure with verification, formal, and physical design.

Responsibilities

  • Own RTL and micro-architecture for one or more PCIe controller subsystems or major features (block through subsystem integration).
  • Write design specs, implement production RTL, and drive your area through verification, synthesis/timing closure support, and design convergence.
  • Resolve complex design and debug issues in your domain; escalate architecture trade-offs with clear options.
  • Participate in and lead design reviews; enforce coding standards, CDC/RDC, and quality for your code.
  • Collaborate with verification, formal, emulation, and physical design to close bugs and integration issues.
  • Support post-silicon and customer debug for your area.
  • Mentor Senior and junior engineers; grow toward broader architectural influence.
  • Communicate status, risks, and dependencies for your subsystem.

The Impact You Will Have

  • Deliver robust, high-quality PCIe subsystem RTL that scales across products and configurations.
  • Drive code quality and features in your area.
  • Accelerate team execution by being a reliable technical owner and mentor.
  • Contribute to silicon-proven PCIe IP for commercial, enterprise, and automotive customers.

Requirements

  • BSEE with 8+ years of relevant experience, or MSEE with 6+ years.
  • Proven ownership of complex ASIC RTL (subsystem or large block), from spec through tapeout or IP release.
  • Strong experience in PCIe digital design, or a similar high-speed protocol (CXL, AMBA interconnect, DDR controller, UCIe, Ethernet MAC, or equivalent)
  • Proven on ASIC fundamentals: synthesizable RTL, clocking, CDC/RDC, resets, low power, and DFT awareness.
  • Ability to define micro-architecture for the area you own and work from architecture specs.
  • Experience with parameterized / configurable IP is a strong plus.
  • Scripting (Python, TCL, Perl) desirable. AI-assisted design tools a plus.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.
  • In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.
  • Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.
  • Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back.
  • Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.
  • Competitive salaries.
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/bengaluru/asic-digital-design-staff-engineer/44408/100624923904