ASIC Design Engineer, Satellite Communication - San Diego, California, United States
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves implementing digital chip System-on-Chips (SoCs) for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways, focusing on defining and implementing these solutions.
What you'll do
- Implement wireless system architecture in silicon from specification to RTL and chip level validation.
- Build complex, high-performance digital solutions.
- Drive high quality designs for first-time right silicon solutions, meeting PPA objectives.
- Work closely with system architects to develop SoC and IP blocks.
- Define, configure, and integrate key IP blocks for SoC.
- Perform initial synthesis and timing analysis.
What you'll need
- Experience in digital chip System-on-Chip (SoC) definition and implementation.
- Experience with modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, or DSP solutions.
- Knowledge of power, area, and performance targets for SoC and IP blocks.
- Experience with low power design.
- Understanding of the impact of DFT on blocks.
- US citizen or national, US permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the US as a refugee or granted asylum.
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 62-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1010
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Amazon | All employers we track in this specialty (1010 roles · 97 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 1010 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 25 | 3175 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 62 d (−33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 143 open roles · median 60 d
- Synopsys · 82 open roles · median 24 d
- AMD · 73 open roles · median 35 d
- Analog Devices · 48 open roles · median 40 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 48 open roles · median 77 d
- NVIDIA · 45 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 1010 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 97 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.