Draper
Senior Digital ASIC Design Engineer
Cambridge, MA · Senior · Full-time
No sponsorshipDetected 15 days ago
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About the role
- Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
- The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions.
- From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide.
Responsibilities
- Draper Laboratory is seeking talented and motivated individuals to tackle challenging engineering problems in advanced digital IC design.
- Design and simulate circuits at transistor-level to implement architecture and requirement specifications
- Contribute to system-level design
- Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements
- Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers
- Perform or guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits using extracted parasitics, contribute to design-for-test development.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field.
- Requires 7-10 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or 5-10 years of experience with a master's degree in ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.
- Proficiency in integrated circuit design
Nice to have
- Experience with low power circuit design
- Experience with CMOS advanced nodes below 32nm
- Experience with radiation-hardened electronics
- Additional Job Description:
- Be fluent in System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL and familiar with LINT, simulation and synthesis.
- Demonstrated experience with successful tape-outs at advanced nodes is desired.
- Active US secret clearance is required.
- Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is
Benefits
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Security Clearance
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