Job Description

ASIC Designer

Swedium Global Services is the growing System Engineering and Solution Company, offers services like Semiconductor Engineering R&D Services, Embedded Systems Development, Custom Application Software Development, Web and Cloud Application Development, Testing Services, Consultancy and Outsourcing services to our clients across the globe for an onsite and offshore business model. Swedium Global is having presence in Sweden, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic and in India.

Assignment Description

Location - onsite,Sweden

Job Title - ASIC Designer

Role Overview

• 10+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC design and development.
• Demonstrated ownership of multiple ASIC projects from specification to tape-out and bring-up.
• Proven leadership in defining and delivering system and chip architectures.

Technical Expertise
RTL & Microarchitecture

• Expert-level proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog for RTL design.
• Solid experience developing microarchitecture specifications for complex subsystems.
• Familiarity with clocking, resets, power domains, FSMs, pipelining, and parallelism.

Verification & Simulation

• Good understanding of functional verification methodologies (SystemVerilog, UVM).
• Ability to collaborate with verification teams on test plans, assertions, and coverage.
• Familiar with simulators (e.g., VCS, Questa, ModelSim).

Synthesis & Static Timing Analysis

• Hands-on experience with logic synthesis tools (Synopsys Design Compiler, Cadence Genus).
• Skilled in timing constraint definition (SDC) and timing closure using PrimeTime.
• Able to guide physical design teams on floorplanning, congestion, and timing paths.

Architectural Design & System Integration

• Ability to define and document chip-level architecture, including:
  • Block diagrams, interface protocols (AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, etc.).
  • Data and control flow, memory hierarchies, and DMA engines.
  • Power, performance, area (PPA) trade-off analysis.
• Skilled in specification development: architectural specs, ICDs, design guides.

Low Power & DFT

• Knowledge of UPF/CPF, clock gating, power domains, DVFS.
• Familiar with DFT techniques: scan chains, MBIST, boundary scan (useful for collaboration with DFT teams).

Modeling & High-Level Design

• Experience with performance modeling using Python, C/C++, SystemC.
• Capability to run system-level simulations and evaluate architectural choices.
• (Optional) Familiarity with High-Level Synthesis (HLS) flows.

Scripting & Automation

• Proficiency in Python, Perl, or Tcl for design and flow automation.

Soft Skills & Leadership

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across RTL, synthesis, and system levels.
• Capable of leading cross-functional teams including design, verification, physical design, firmware, and software.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and reviewing their designs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for documenting specs and collaborating with stakeholders.

Bonus Qualifications

• Knowledge of AI/ML accelerators, networking, or video processing pipelines.
• Experience with multi-die (chiplet) integration, 2.5D/3D packaging.
• Understanding of security architectures, encryption modules, or hardware IP protection.
• Background in post-silicon validation, lab bring-up, or FPGA prototyping.
• Exposure to embedded firmware/software, drivers, or hardware-software co-design.