Lead ASIC Design Engineer (Digital Design)

Location: San Jose, California, USA; must have legal authorization to work in the US

Annual base salary: $143,800–$230,000

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor and silicon solutions, including next-generation ASIC and SoC projects.

What you will do

• Serve as Chip Lead and own top-level digital architecture, microarchitecture, IP partitioning, and full-chip integration.
• Coordinate logic design, physical design, architecture, analog design, and design verification teams to meet power, performance, and area targets.
• Drive RTL development, synthesis, static timing analysis, linting, CDC analysis, and top-level timing constraint ownership.
• Manage analog macros, mixed-signal blocks, and third-party soft and hard IP integration.
• Own tape-out sign-off and collaborate with post-silicon validation and software teams during chip bring-up and lab debug.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural design work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of direct ASIC/SoC digital design experience, including ownership of chip projects or design leadership.
• Expert-level SystemVerilog/Verilog proficiency and strong digital microarchitecture skills.
• Deep experience with synthesis, STA, CDC analysis, and Synopsys or Cadence front-end EDA tools.
• Proven history of successful first-pass silicon tape-outs on modern process technologies.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with mixed-signal or high-speed PHY-adjacent architectures such as SerDes, PCIe, DDR, or custom interconnects.
• DFT planning experience, including scan insertion, ATPG, and boundary scan.
• Scripting experience with Python, Tcl, or Perl.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) participation with company matching and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Discretionary annual bonus, new-hire equity grant, and annual equity awards.
• Paid holidays, sick leave, vacation time, and applicable family and other leaves of absence.
• Employee Assistance Program.