ASIC Design Engineer, Sr. Staff-18490 - Remote

Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.

Work on DDR PHY IP that ships everything from data center servers to automotive SoCs.

About the role

This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining configuration software and firmware for Synopsys DDR PHY IP. The work focuses on the PHYINIT configuration software and embedded controllers within the PHY.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain PHYINIT, the configuration software that initializes and configures Synopsys DDR PHY IP across multiple product generations.
• Write runtime firmware that runs on embedded controllers within the PHY, managing training sequences, calibration, and operational modes.
• Collaborate directly with digital design and verification engineers to enable new DDR features, translating RTL changes into working configuration code.
• Debug PHY bring-up issues on customer silicon and internal test chips, analyzing register states, firmware logs, and waveforms to isolate root causes.
• Build and improve automation flows using Python or Perl to generate configuration code, validate settings, and streamline integration into customer SoCs.
• Own the software/firmware release process for PHYINIT, ensuring compatibility across design revisions and customer use cases.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in ASIC design, verification, or firmware development, ideally involving configuration or bring-up work.
• Strong C programming skills with experience writing firmware or embedded software for hardware systems.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles applied to hardware configuration problems.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Perl for automation, code generation, or build flows.
• Proven debugging skills across multiple layers, firmware, RTL, registers, and silicon behavior.

Skills: PHYINIT, firmware, embedded controllers, DDR PHY IP, C programming, silicon bring-up