DSP Hardware Design Engineer - San Jose, United States
$136,500 - $253,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 26 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design of DSP products with a focus on hardware implementations and architectural pipelines.
What you'll do
- Design and implement DSP hardware accelerators.
- Utilize Verilog/SystemVerilog for logic design.
- Implement data-path components.
- Apply knowledge of computer architecture and pipeline designs.
What you'll need
- MS in EE/Computer Engg. with 5+ years of relevant CPU or DSP design experience.
- Excellent logic design skills.
- Excellent knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog and popular EDA implementation, simulation, and verification tools.
- Good knowledge of computer architecture and pipeline designs.
- Experience in scripting languages; good knowledge of Perl.
Nice to have
- Experience in data-path component design.
- Experience in AI-native logic design, analysis, and/or optimization workflows.
- Experience with assembly language programming.
- Knowledge and interest in commonly used DSP algorithms in audio, speech, image, video, and communication domains.
- Understanding of C/C++ compilers.
Skills: DSP design, logic design, Verilog/SystemVerilog, computer architecture, pipeline designs
This role has been open 50 days — well below the 94-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · Mixed Signal DSP
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Open roles in category
29
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Median days open
94 d
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Median salary
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cadence Design Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (29 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 29 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 122 | 3183 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 50 d | 94 d (−44 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: DSP design, logic design, Verilog/SystemVerilog, computer architecture, pipeline designs
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 4 open roles · median 39 d
- Keysight Technologies · 4 open roles · median 107 d
- Altera · 2 open roles · median 25 d
- Celero · 2 open roles · median 121 d
- Marvell Technology · 2 open roles · median 145 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 29 open Digital/RTL Design (Mixed Signal DSP) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.
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