Originally posted 5 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Principal Design Engineer will join the PCIe IP design team to contribute to the architecture and design of PCIe IP targeting PCIe standards. This role also involves prototyping these IPs on FPGAs.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the architecture and micro-architecture of PCIe IP
- Implement designs in System Verilog
- Collaborate with the verification team to verify the IPs
- Participate in prototyping of the IPs on FPGAs
- Support existing generations of the IPs
What you'll need
- 8+ years of experience with RTL Design
- RTL coding experience with Verilog and System Verilog
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
Nice to have
- Knowledge of PCIe / CXL
Skills: RTL coding, System Verilog, PCIe IP, micro-architecture, FPGA prototyping
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This role has been open 85 days — well above the 63-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1077
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Median days open
63 d
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Median salary
$185k
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| Metric | Rambus | All employers we track in this specialty (1077 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 1077 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 17 | 3364 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 90 d | 63 d (+27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: RTL coding, System Verilog, PCIe IP, micro-architecture, FPGA prototyping
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 153 open roles · median 65 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 42 d
- AMD · 80 open roles · median 43 d
- Analog Devices · 47 open roles · median 58 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 44 open roles · median 97 d
- NVIDIA · 37 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 1077 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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.