ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer

Porto Salvo, Lisbon District, 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

Category Engineering Hire Type Employee Job ID 6329 Remote Eligible No Date Posted 08/09/2024

The “R&D Professional” team has broad understanding in mixed-signal design, implementation, firmware and verification. The team has experience in both back-end and front-end ASIC development flows with a mandate to provide targeted support to mixed-signal High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and DDR PHY IP customers. We are looking for a candidate to join the team to help with front-end tasks. The ideal candidate will specialize in one of the following, experience in multiple areas would be a bonus:

ASIC RTL design and verification at chip level and/or block level
Solid Verilog, PERL, TCL and Python skills
Understanding of static timing analysis and synthesis, DFT/ATPG skills would be a plus
Knowledge of any high-speed communication protocol is not mandatory but an asset
Previous knowledge in customer support and/or silicon bring-up is a plus

The diversity of tasks allow each team member to develop new skills and learn about all aspects of our PHY design. The main focus of the team is to support the application engineers solving customer problems, usually requiring deep investigations into the design. When not working on customer questions we use our knowledge to drive product improvements. Experience with HBM or DDR protocols is a definite asset but not mandatory. Your tasks will be adapted to your skills and development and will include some or all listed below:

Generate test benches and test cases
Perform RTL and gate-level SDF-annotated simulations and debug
May perform mixed-signal (digital + analog) simulations and debug
Interact with our application engineers and/or customers. Provide guidance to customers on HBM/DDR PHY front-end related (e.g. simulation, firmware, software, evaluation board) aspects
Participate in the generation of data books, application notes, and white papers
Other related duties as assigned by the manager

Key Qualifications

BSEE degree or Applied Science degree (or equivalent) with 8+ years of related experience
Excellent communication and presentation skills

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 logic, 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.

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.
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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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Health & Wellness

Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.
Time Away

In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.
Family Support

Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.
ESPP

Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back.
Retirement Plans

Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.
Compensation

Competitive salaries.

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