Digital ASIC Design Engineer

Hardware IC Engineer I

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. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation.

A Hardware IC Engineer I specifies, designs, verifies, tests, and documents Application-Specific Integrated Circuits. The engineer develops the architecture, designs circuits and / or HDL, performs simulations, performs physical layout, verifies and tests designs.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Design and simulate circuits at transistor-level to implement architecture and requirement specifications
• Contribute to system-level design
• Optimize hardware designs for performance, power, and cost
• Evaluate the hardware feasibility of complex algorithms and requirements
• Contribute to complex chip architectures and designs
• Participate in efforts to drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements
• Perform or guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits using extracted parasitics.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills / Abilities

Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field. Masters degree preferred. Requires 0-2 years of experience in Integrated Circuits or ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. Draper is committed to creating an inclusive environment. 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. Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.