Designs and verifies complex digital ASIC logic blocks from microarchitecture through tape-out. Responsibilities include RTL design, IP integration, functional and gate-level verification, testbench development, synthesis, timing analysis, lint, CDC, ECO support, and collaboration with physical design, DFT, software, firmware, and systems teams. The role also supports chip bring-up, feature validation, debugging, and successful product delivery.
As a Digital Design Engineer at Credo you are responsible for front-end ASIC design, including design and verification of complex logic blocks, and will collaborate with Physical Design and Integration teams to deliver successful tape-outs.
Base salary range is $80,000 - $133,000 a year. The base salary offer will depend on factors such as education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.
Why Credo
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Credo’s mission is to transform connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions. Our high-speed copper and optical interconnect products deliver industry-leading power and performance at up to 1.6T to meet the ever-expanding data infrastructure demands of AI.
Our product portfolio includes ZeroFlap (ZF) Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and ZF optical transceivers, OmniConnect memory solutions, and a suite of retimers and DSPs for optical and copper Ethernet and PCIe, all leveraging the PILOT diagnostic and analytics software platform. Credo innovations enable our customers to connect the systems that connect the world.
Credo is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected].
Base salary range is $80,000 - $133,000 a year. The base salary offer will depend on factors such as education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.
Why Credo
- Purpose: We invest in what matters. From meaningful-future shaping projects to competitive compensation, we empower you to grow your career while making a lasting impact.
- People: Connection starts within. We collaborate, celebrate wins, and create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
- Possibilities: Our belief shapes what’s next. Our technology powers the most reliable and energy-efficient connections around the world – and our team powers new products and markets that come next.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with two to seven years of experience, or Master’s degree with up to five years of experience in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Understanding of digital logic design and knowledge of handling complex synchronous and asynchronous interfaces.
- Knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design, through relevant experience or coursework projects.
- Knowledge of Verilog verification, through relevant experience or coursework projects.
- Knowledge of synthesis and static timing analysis, and of scripting languages such as Python, Tcl, Perl, and shell.
- Knowledge of UVM.
- Knowledge of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet physical layer.
Responsibilities
- Write microarchitecture and/or design specifications, and architect, design, implement, and debug complex logic blocks.
- Understand and integrate complex IPs from internal and external IP vendors, and support front-end integration activities such as Lint, CDC, synthesis, and ECO.
- Develop functional tests and testbenches, and run functional RTL and gate-level verification and simulations.
- Work with ASIC design and verification, DFT, and physical design engineers to achieve a successful tape-out.
- Collaborate with Software, Firmware, Applications, and Systems teams to ensure a high-quality product, and bring up, validate, and debug functional features in the chip.
Benefits
Credo’s mission is to transform connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions. Our high-speed copper and optical interconnect products deliver industry-leading power and performance at up to 1.6T to meet the ever-expanding data infrastructure demands of AI.
Our product portfolio includes ZeroFlap (ZF) Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and ZF optical transceivers, OmniConnect memory solutions, and a suite of retimers and DSPs for optical and copper Ethernet and PCIe, all leveraging the PILOT diagnostic and analytics software platform. Credo innovations enable our customers to connect the systems that connect the world.
Credo is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected].
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