Amazon
ASIC Engineer I, Annapurna Labs, Early Career - 2027
$116K–$134K
Austin, TX +2 · Entry level · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Seattle, WA
Cupertino, CA - Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; final graduation date of May 2027 or earlier.
About the job
Contributes to custom ASIC development, potentially in RTL design, verification, physical design, or SoC integration, taking chip features from specification toward silicon.
What you'll do
- Design and implement RTL; develop and run verification to validate functionality and coverage.
- Support synthesis, timing analysis, and physical-design flows; debug design issues through simulation and analysis.
- Collaborate across chip-development teams and document and present design decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with 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 combinational and sequential logic, finite state machines, timing, and clocking.
Nice to have
- Degree focus in 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.
Pay
116,100.00 USD Annually (base salary); 133,600.00 USD Annually (base salary)
Tools
Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Cadence, Synopsys, Python, Perl, TCL
AI focus
May involve designing or verifying ASICs for machine learning accelerators (Trainium/Inferentia).
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