Digital IC Design Engineer

indie Semiconductor is hiring a Digital IC Design Engineer to design, integrate, verify, and maintain digital IP for embedded microcontroller-based IC solutions. The role supports development of System-on-Chip solutions for the ADAS market, with a focus on security and functional safety architecture, reusable IP, and microcontroller subsystem integration and validation.

What you'll do:

• Support system architecture definition related to security and functional safety, including core logic, memory subsystems, hardware security systems, peripheral interfaces, and power management
• Drive and/or support the implementation of innovative security features for large, complex designs across multiple platforms, with reuse and long-term scalability in mind
• Support the definition of security lifecycle management and assess potential vulnerabilities in ASIC design and the supply chain to prevent breaches of trust
• Scope and benchmark IP offerings from third-party vendors (microcontroller cores and peripherals)
• Support development plan creation and associated deliverables (firmware, test plans, test code, validation boards, etc.)
• Actively participate in the integration, pre-silicon verification, and validation of microcontroller subsystems
• Support product and test engineering teams to test and productize designs, including Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
• Provide support and develop firmware reference code for verification and validation stages
• Bridge hardware and software architecture with a focus on reusable toolchains and platform content

What they're looking for:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 1+ years of relevant Digital IC Design experience
• Experience developing system-level architecture and proposing RTL (Verilog) implementations with supporting documentation
• Hands-on experience with Arm Cortex–based products
• Knowledge of security concepts (key storage, secure elements, AES, product lifecycles)
• Demonstrated experience with digital circuit simulation tools and front-end environments, particularly Cadence-based
• Familiarity with version control systems, release management, continuous integration, and unit testing
• Familiar with secure boot, security key management, debug interface authentication, lifecycle, or secure firmware update
• Understanding of common hardware attacks
• Understanding of fault injection
• Experience implementing or verifying hardware security features in a SoC, MCU, ASIC, or FPGA
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python) for design automation