At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you. 
Our Silicon Design & Verification business is all about building high-performance silicon chips—faster. We’re the world’s leading provider of solutions for designing and verifying advanced silicon chips. And we design the next-generation processes and models needed to manufacture those chips. We enable our customers to optimize chips for power, cost, and performance—eliminating months off their project schedules.
 
 ASIC Digital Design, Staff Engineer
The candidate will be a key member of the Synopsys ARC Processor hardware team working on next-generation ARC processor design and architecture. 
Individual contributor will be responsible for architectural and RTL design of microprocessor IP, Optimize design for performance, speed, area and power. Work with multi-site core teams. Review and improve verification test suites.
At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required with 12+ years of digital design experience using Verilog. Strong background in RISC architectures required. Working experience in RISC microprocessor IP design, programming at assembly and C/C++ level, DSP skills, an understanding of multi-core architectures and development techniques are a plus. Experience with multi-site development is helpful.
The successful candidate is expected to:Design embedded RISC microprocessor IP at architectural and RTL levelWrite High-level architecture and micro-architecture specifications of the designOptimize design for performance, speed, area and power, generate hardware benchmarks and analyze resultsDevelop standalone Verilog testbenches to verify their moduleDebug design issues / bugs working closely with the verification teamMaintain our current processor product line and their derivative productsDevelop and maintain project plans. Work closely with program managersGood written, oral and problem-solving skills desired along with good communication skills and inter-person skillsWork with multi-site, multi-time zone, multi-cultural teams on various aspects of the product like design, implementation, physical design, verification 
Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.