Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

We’re representing a venture-backed silicon photonics startup building high-performance systems for next-generation AI infrastructure. They’re looking for an ASIC/Digital Design Engineer to help architect and implement high-bandwidth silicon systems that connect compute logic with optically coupled memory and chiplet-based architectures. Experience with: ASIC digital design (RTL in Verilog / System Verilog) with tapeout experience in advanced nodes (e.g., 7nm and below preferred)Microarchitecture design of high-performance digital systems (pipelines, interconnects, memory hierarchies)High-speed data movement architectures (NoC, interconnect fabrics, streaming datapaths)High-speed I/O interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, CXL, SERDES, DDR/HBM, or similar)Memory subsystem design (coherence, buffering, latency optimization, bandwidth scaling)ASIC integration across multiple IP blocks (3rd party IP, internal subsystems, interface bridging)Timing closure, PPA tradeoffs (power, performance, area) in large-scale SoCs or chiplet-based designs System-level thinking across compute + interconnect + memory boundaries