Front-End Lead Engineer

Department: Silicon Design Engineering / RTL Design

Job Type:Full-Time

Experience Level:Lead Engineer

Years of Experience:68 Years

Role Overview

The Front-End Lead Engineer will drive the design, development, and signoff of high-performance digital IP blocks and subsystems while leading Functional ECO implementation at the netlist level. This role requires strong technical leadership across the front-end design flow, including RTL development, verification of coordination, synthesis, signoff, and Functional ECO execution. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure design quality, and mentor junior engineers to build technical depth within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Front-End Design & Signoff

Drive design signoff activities: lint, CDC/RDC, synthesis

Lead the front-end development of digital IP blocks or subsystems from concept to implementation.

Collaborate with architects, verification, physical design, firmware/software teams, and program managers.

Support P&R and signoff teams with RTL fixes, constraints, and ECO requirements.

Team & Project Leadership

Own schedules, deliverables, and quality for the front-end engineering team.

Mentor junior engineers in RTL design, ECO implementation, verification practices, and signoff flows.

Drive continuous improvement of front-end methodologies, automation, and best practices.

Required Skills

Strong hands-on experience across ASIC front-end design flow.

Exposure Functional ECO flows using Synopsys Formality ECO and/or Cadence Conformal ECO.

Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog, gate-level netlist editing, and scripting (TCL, Perl, Python).

Solid understanding of timing analysis, STA constraints, and physical design interactions.

Strong background in formal verification, simulation, debugging, and issue closure.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to quality and detail.

AMD experience is an added advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.

Strong foundation in digital design principles and problem-solving skills.

Years of Experience:68 Years

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.

Strong foundation in digital design principles and problem-solving skills.