Senior ASIC Design Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States; most teams work from the office full time.

Salary: $156,400–$253,000 per year, plus potential restricted stock units and bonus.

Company

A cybersecurity company developing next-generation firewall platforms and digital security technologies.

What you will do

• Own ASIC module design from specification and micro-architecture through silicon bring-up.
• Write SystemVerilog RTL that meets area, performance, and power targets.
• Verify blocks through simulation, emulation, formal methods, and silicon bring-up.
• Debug complex scenarios, close coverage, and add design-for-debug features with verification engineers.
• Review synthesis and timing reports, optimize RTL, and support floor-planning for congestion and routability.
• Pilot AI-driven design and verification flows to reduce schedule risk.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science; a master’s degree or equivalent military experience is preferred.
• 10+ years of front-end ASIC design ownership and experience shipping at least two chips to mass production.
• Expert SystemVerilog RTL skills and experience defining micro-architecture from high-level requirements.
• Experience selecting, integrating, and configuring complex IP for PCIe, Ethernet, or DDR interfaces.
• Proficiency with scripting languages including Python, C/C++, Perl, bash, or tcsh.
• Strong datapath design, timing/power/area analysis, silicon debugging, leadership, and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Networking or cybersecurity domain knowledge.
• Experience with search-algorithm accelerators.
• Formal-verification ownership and hands-on silicon validation or lab bring-up.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration focused on real-time problem-solving and precise execution.
• Benefits may include restricted stock units, bonuses, and employee benefits.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
• Immigration sponsorship is available for this role.