CPU Clock Design Engineer (Semiconductor)

Location: Hybrid role based at hirify.global sites in Austin, Texas or Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Annual salary: $105,650–$269,100 USD

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor technologies and next-generation CPU products used in devices worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and optimize clock distribution networks for high-performance CPU and SoC products.
• Contribute to clock architecture development and clock tree synthesis methodologies.
• Perform timing analysis and support timing closure across complex semiconductor designs.
• Develop custom circuits, library cells, and clock-related design solutions.
• Analyze performance, power, area, and timing tradeoffs to improve product efficiency.
• Create automation solutions and collaborate with architecture, physical implementation, validation, and EDA teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field with 3+ years of experience, or a relevant master's degree with 1+ years of educational or work experience.
• Experience in at least three areas including digital circuit design, VLSI, physical design, clock tree synthesis, static timing analysis, logic design, custom circuit design, or semiconductor design methodologies.
• Experience with a programming or scripting language such as Python, Perl, TCL, Shell, or similar.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines, solve complex technical problems, and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work under the hybrid model at an assigned hirify.global site in Austin, Texas or Hillsboro, Oregon.

Nice to have

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with high-frequency custom clock network design on advanced technology nodes.
• Experience with clocking architecture, PLL/DLL architecture and design, timing constraint adaptation, timing closure, and full-chip design tools and flows.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on CPU and semiconductor technologies built with advanced process technologies.
• Access to mentorship, technical leadership opportunities, and continuous learning.
• Competitive compensation including stock bonuses.
• Health, retirement, and vacation benefits.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, technical excellence, and teamwork.