Digital ASIC Design Engineer
$98,500 - $147,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 17 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is for a Digital ASIC Design Engineer responsible for defining, modeling, designing, optimizing, verifying, validating, implementing, and documenting IP development for various high-performance, low-power products.
What you'll do
- Use tools and applications to execute the architecture and design of SOC according to design protocol.
- Resolve architecture, design, or verification problems by applying sound ASIC engineering practices.
- Execute the design and support verification efforts of ASICs, SoC, and IP cores with focus on clock/power related features.
- Participate in the design and analyses of IPs.
- Identify areas for flow and process improvements.
- Provide feedback on silicon learnings to improve design methodology, IP, and SoC design.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- RTL design experience with Verilog/System Verilog.
- Proficiency in an automation/scripting language such as Python or Perl.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
- Six months of relevant experience in ASIC design, scripting, and architecture.
- Specific experience in clock design of ASIC/SoC.
Skills: RTL Design, Verilog/System Verilog, ASIC, SoC, logic design
This role has been open 60 days — below the 61-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1024
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (1024 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 140 | 1024 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 383 | 3198 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 62 d | 61 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: RTL Design, Verilog/System Verilog, ASIC, SoC, logic design
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 140 open roles · median 63 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 31 d
- AMD · 71 open roles · median 37 d
- Analog Devices · 47 open roles · median 49 d
- NVIDIA · 44 open roles · median 59 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 42 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 1024 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.