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 passionate and skilled ASIC Digital Design Engineer with knowledge in RTL design and verification and focus on building hardware that must be both performant and secure. Your work in digital design has taught you that security cannot be an afterthought, it must be architected into the IP from the beginning. You understand the interplay between hardware design decisions and security implications, and you make design choices that account for both functional correctness and threat resilience.
What You'll Be Doing
- Design and implement RTL in Verilog and SystemVerilog for Security IP cores, translating security requirements into synthesizable, verifiable hardware
- Build and maintain test environments for digital hardware Security IP using SystemVerilog and UVM, ensuring coverage of corner cases and attack scenarios
- Verify IP cores and subsystems using modern verification techniques including UVM testbenches and formal verification tools
- Collaborate with hardware and software security engineers to analyse functional correctness and performance of embedded IP solutions across threat models
- Contribute to detailed design specifications, verification plans, and documentation that support global development and customer integration
- Work within an international team across time zones, coordinating design reviews, debugging sessions, and milestone deliveries
The Impact You Will Have
- Strengthen the security posture of IP cores that protect critical systems in automotive, AI, and high-performance computing applications
- Enable faster SoC integration by delivering IP that meets strict performance, power, and area requirements without compromising security
- Reduce customer risk and time-to-market by ensuring IP is verified to the highest standards before it ships
- Driving innovation in the fields of CyberSecurity, High Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Automotive
- Advance the state of hardware security design within Synopsys, contributing techniques and methods that influence future IP development
- Support the growth of Synopsys Security IP in high-growth markets where trust and resilience are non-negotiable
- Help maintain Synopsys' leadership position in delivering silicon IP that customers depend on for differentiation and compliance
What You'll Need
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- 3+ years of strong working knowledge of RTL design for hardware IP components, with hands-on experience writing synthesizable SystemVerilog
- Ability to create detailed specifications for test environments
- Proficiency in ASIC verification using System Verilog, UVM, and or Verilog
- Strong understanding of IC Design flows and exceptional problem-solving and debugging skills
- Experience with hardware security concepts or cryptographic IP is 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