Engineer, ASIC Design

Location:

San Jose (on-site)

Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models.

Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures.

The ASIC Engineer is responsible for design and integration of complex SoCs with both high-speed custom and digital blocks. You will work in a dynamic startup environment as part of a small IC design team, covering roles from custom circuit design to optical device design. Each team member is expected to contribute across a broad range of tasks and to gain new skill sets to grow with the company.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on self‑starter who can craft specifications based on input from colleagues, customers, and industry and who can effectively manage his or her own time to take projects to completion with limited supervision and guidance.

• Develop and optimize RTL designs for use in complex digital systems.
• Develop verification methodology and test benches for digital and mixed-signal blocks.
• Bringup, evaluation, and debug of in‑house custom silicon using python scripting, firmware, and control systems.
• Create clear documentation of their designs to enable backend ASIC engineers to perform physical implementation (clocks and timing constraints, floorplan guidance, testability) and collaborate to ensure timing signoff.

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• 1+ years of work or academic experience in ASIC design.
• History of assuming responsibility for a variety of technical tasks and completing projects independently.
• Proficient in Verilog for both RTL design and verification.
• Proficient in ASIC verification (XCelium, VCS, Questa) tools.
• Proficient in scripting or programming languages.

• Proficient in writing timing constraints and deep understanding of timing analysis.
• Experience working on digital designs with multiple clock domains and clock dividers.
• Working knowledge integrating custom blocks in a digital-top flow (LEF, lib, etc.).
• Performed silicon bring‑up, debug, and evaluation.
• Programming experience in Python, low‑level languages (C, C++).
• Some knowledge of optics and control systems.

Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000

Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.

Ayar Labs is an Affimative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship.

Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.