Digital IC Design Engineer | EP

About the Role

In this position, you will work on high-speed mixed-signal communication circuits using state-of-the-art process technology. You will also design high-performance digital circuits interfacing with leading-edge analog circuitry as part of an overall system. Your work will include RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, verification, evaluation, and debugging of high-speed communication chips at both the circuit and behavioral levels.

As a design engineer, you will prepare test methods and specifications, assist in preparing application information, data sheets, and demo boards. You will develop solutions to complex problems by assessing various techniques and approaches, and plan and organize work to ensure timely completion of independent tasks.

This role involves routine communication with a highly talented team of analog and digital design engineers to solve problems, present information, and actively participate in work groups through collaborative teamwork.

About the Team

As a member of the Embedded Processors team, you will work on state-of-the-art processors and microcontrollers to make the world smarter, safer, and greener. These products power autonomous vehicles, intelligent robots, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient homes, pushing the boundaries of technology by integrating high-speed interface controllers, networking accelerators, deep learning accelerators, DSPs, ARM/RISC-V compute cores, vision analytics, security, and multimedia.

You will help build products that transform the world by making technology reachable, affordable, and accessible for all.

Responsibilities

• Be a key team member from IP requirement definition through release to market, working closely with all cross-functional teams
• Define or enhance the micro-architecture for digital IP blocks
• Develop RTL and QC flows to ensure superior IP quality
• Interface with third-party IP vendors to drive requirements and delivery milestones/quality
• Work closely with the IP verification team to build the IP verification plan and tests, and support functional debugs
• Support IP during silicon bring-up activities, test program development, customer engagement, and silicon/application debug
• Drive IP architectural optimization for area, power, and performance improvements

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Design/RTL/DV development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Hands-on front-end design experience of complex multi-clock domain IP blocks
• Ability to convert high-level system requirements/changes into micro-architectural changes and then into RTL
• Proficiency in Verilog
• Experience with Lint checkers, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) checkers, Synthesis, and timing-closure
• Experience with simulation and waveform debug tools (e.g., Cadence Ncsim)

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in data movement, SoC integration concepts, bus-protocols (AMBA i.e., AXI, CHI, AHB, APB), and exposure to ARM CPU cores, DDR
• Experience with System Verilog
• Knowledge of ARM processors, DSPs, and cache systems
• Experience with scripting languages such as Tcl, Perl, and Python
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
• Strong time management skills enabling on-time project delivery
• Verification and validation experience is a plus

About Us

We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics. We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives, as they push innovation forward and make TI stronger.