Sr. Staff Digital Design Engineer (ASIC/AI)

Location: On-site in Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Company

hirify.global develops ultra-low-power semiconductor and software solutions for edge AI speech, audio, sensor, and vision applications.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and verify DSP algorithms, interfaces, and protocols for ASIC audio processing.
• Implement and verify digital control logic supporting MEMS microphones.
• Contribute across the digital ASIC flow, including specification, modeling, implementation, verification, synthesis, and silicon bring-up.
• Perform design validation and performance testing.
• Document blocks and systems and support complex failure analysis for production ramp-up.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in electronics engineering.
• 10+ years of experience developing digital blocks or systems for high-performance mixed-signal integrated circuits in consumer or industrial R&D.
• Strong understanding of digital signal processing, including Z-transform, frequency response, SNR, and THD.
• Experience architecting and implementing DSP algorithms such as filters and decimators using MATLAB Simulink.
• Experience with RTL implementation of DSP algorithms using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Experience implementing RTL test benches and digital verification methods.
• Deep understanding of analog and mixed-signal blocks, including op-amps, LDOs, ADCs, and DACs.
• Programming or scripting experience with Python, C/C++, or Perl.
• Task-centered, self-driven, persistent, and team-oriented approach.

Nice to have

• Audio signal-processing experience, including beamforming, echo cancellers, or adaptive filters.
• Experience with energy-management, speech-processing, and audio-processing algorithms, including noise cancellation, acoustic echo cancellation, signal enhancement, and microphone or speaker arrays.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site position within the Hardware department.
• Opportunity to work on edge AI semiconductor solutions deployed across consumer and industrial applications.
• Compensation is determined based on experience, skills, cost of living in the assigned location, schedule, and comparable internal salaries.