ASIC Engineer I, Annapurna Labs
Amazon
About the Role
The ASIC Engineer I role at Annapurna Labs is an early-career position focused on designing custom silicon for Amazon's technologies. You will contribute to real chip development, transforming custom silicon into products used by millions.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing RTL for digital logic blocks using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Developing and running verification environments to validate design functionality and coverage.
- Supporting synthesis, timing analysis, and physical design flows.
- Debugging design issues through simulation and analysis.
- Collaborating with architecture, verification, and physical design teams to take features from specification to silicon.
- Documenting design decisions and presenting work to the team.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with a final graduation date of May 2027 or earlier.
- Coursework or project experience in digital logic design and computer architecture.
- Familiarity with a hardware description language (Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL).
- Understanding of fundamental digital design concepts: combinational and sequential logic, finite state machines, timing, and clocking.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree with a focus on VLSI, digital design, or computer architecture.
- Experience with industry-standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, or equivalent).
- Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, or shell) for automation and design flows.
- Prior internship, research, or lab experience in chip design, embedded systems, or hardware development.