CareerPlan

Digital ASIC Design Engineer

Cambridge, MA, USFull-time$63k2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Design, verify, and test Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering systems.

Role type

Senior IC ASIC Hardware Engineer

Builds

Custom hardware chips and secure system architectures

Domain

Defense, Space, Biomedical Engineering

Required skills

ASIC design, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, LINT, simulation, synthesis, tape-out experience, secure system architecture, Cadence, Synopsys

Preferred skills

Cryptographic encoder/decoder design, tagged processor architectures, team leadership

Technologies

Cadence, Synopsys, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, LINT

Responsibilities

Contribute to system-level design, optimize hardware for performance/power/cost, evaluate hardware feasibility of algorithms, develop complex chip architectures, drive solutions to complex problems, contribute to business development, mentor less experienced engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC