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ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer

Moreira, Porto, Portugal
Engineering
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Overview

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.

Job Description

About us
At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security.
If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you. Our Silicon IP business is all about integrating more capabilities into an SoC—faster. We offer the world’s broadest portfolio of silicon IP—predesigned blocks of memory, interfaces, analog, security, and embedded processors. All to help customers integrate more capabilities. Meet unique performance, power, and size requirements of their target applications. And get differentiated products to market quickly with reduced risk.

Seeking a highly motivated and innovative design engineer with background in high-speed protocols. Working as part of an experienced digital design and verification team. The position offers an excellent opportunity to work with experts on several fields. The candidate will be involved at specify, design and implement phases of state-of-the-art products.

Key responsibilities:
 * Study standard specifications published by JEDEC;
 * Define micro architecture at block level based on IP architecture;
 * Work on RTL design based on predefined coding style, SVA is included;
 * Clean RTL check violations in lint, CDC, DFT and synthesis;
 * Run block level test to speed up IP verification;
 * Work with verification to debug and fix RTL issues;
 * Check synthesis timing and improve RTL design if required;

Required Skills:
 * Around 5 years of relevant IP design experience;
 * Desire to learn and explore new technologies;
 * Demonstrates good investigation and problem-solving skills;
 * Be familiar with IP design flow and good at RTL design
 * Solid RTL debug capability;
 * Knowledge in HBM/DDR and interface technologies such as UCie, PCIe, USB is a plus;
 * Knowledge in FrontEnd and/or BackEnd synthesis is a plus;

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Benefits

At Synopsys, innovation is driven by our incredible team around the world. We feel honored to work alongside such talented and passionate individuals who choose to make a difference here every day. We're proud to provide the comprehensive benefits and rewards that our team truly deserves.

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Hiring Journey at Synopsys

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When you apply to join us, your resume, skills, and experience are first reviewed for consideration.

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Once your resume has been selected, a recruiter and/or hiring manager will reach out to learn more about you, share more about the role, and answer any questions you might have.

Interview

Next up is interviewing (in person or virtual). You’ll be invited to meet with members of the hiring team to discuss your skills and experience, and what you’re looking for in your next role.

Offer

Congratulations! When you have been selected for the role, your recruiter will reach out to make you a verbal offer (a written offer will follow your conversation), and we hope you accept!

Onboarding

There will be some steps you need to take before you start to ensure a smooth first day, including new hire documentation.

Welcome!

Once you’ve joined, your manager, team, and a peer buddy will help you get acclimated. Over the next few weeks, you’ll be invited to join activities and training to help you ramp up for a successful future at Synopsys!

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