Principal Digital Design Engineer (Semiconductor)

Location: San Jose, California, United States; remote work is not available

Annual pay range: $190,000–$240,000, plus eligibility for bonus opportunities.

Company

hirify.global is a publicly traded semiconductor company developing hardware and software solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, IoT, robotics, automated factory, and smart home applications.

What you will do

• Architect, design, and implement digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
• Lead development from product conception through production release, delivering high-quality silicon on schedule and within cost targets.
• Define chip architecture, partition designs, assign blocks, and develop RTL.
• Perform simulation, synthesis, design-for-test, and timing checks.
• Prepare design documentation, evaluate silicon, debug circuits, and support production test development.
• Provide customer and applications support and help define technology requirements for future products.

Requirements

• MSEE or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of relevant industry experience, or BSEE with 12+ years.
• Proven experience in SoC architecture, bus matrices, AHB/APB/AXI, USB, I2C/I3C, SPI, UART, and packet-oriented protocols.
• Knowledge of embedded memories including SRAM, OTP, MTP, and EE/Flash memory.
• Hands-on experience with chip architecture definition, partitioning, RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, DFT, and timing checks.
• Strong communication, teamwork, motivation, and creativity.
• AI-savvy approach and experience leveraging AI in daily work.

Nice to have

• Mixed-signal knowledge and mixed-signal chip development experience.
• Project management skills.
• DDR DRAM and Flash memory knowledge.
• Bilingual or Mandarin fluency.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with teams at other United States sites and in China.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, disability, and pet insurance options.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts, plus pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Paid sick time, holidays, and accrued vacation for eligible employees.
• Benefit orientation and access to company resources.