Engineer I-Design - PA - Allentown - Winchester Rd, United States
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
Design, simulate, and verify RTL-based blocks on our devices.
About the role
As an Engineer I-Design, you will design, simulate, and verify various RTL-based blocks on Microchip's devices, which are System-on-Chips (SoCs) with hard and soft IP blocks supporting industry-standard protocols for Imaging, Networking System Connectivity, Compute, and Data Storage.
What you'll do
- Perform detailed module design and performance analysis.
- Create detailed design specifications.
- Participate in RTL implementation, synthesis, simulation, pre-layout/post-layout timing verification.
- Support porting the design into test chips and emulation platforms.
- Implement industry standards.
- Write detailed design specifications.
What you'll need
- 0-2.5 years of experience in RTL Design for ASIC implementation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Design courses and practical application of course learning for high-speed RTL design.
- Experience with RTL Design tools including design entry, synthesis, formal verification, RTL/gate level simulation, cross-domain clocking analysis, and static timing analysis.
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog development languages.
- Course and practical usage in Static Timing Analysis and Verilog simulation tools.
- Ability to design complex state machines and data path logic.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (TCL / Perl / Python) and LINUX.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- FPGA and ASIC System On Chip Design Experience.
- Lab experience for system-level validation.
Skills: RTL-based blocks, ASIC development, SystemVerilog, synthesis, timing verification
This role has been open 6 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
1021
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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, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (1021 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 22 | 1021 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 69 | 3204 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 67 d | 62 d (+5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: RTL-based blocks, ASIC development, SystemVerilog, synthesis, timing verification
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 140 open roles · median 62 d
- Synopsys · 85 open roles · median 30 d
- AMD · 71 open roles · median 36 d
- Analog Devices · 48 open roles · median 50 d
- NVIDIA · 46 open roles · median 64 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 41 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 1021 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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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