Quadric
Staff SoC Design Engineer
$170K–$230K
Burlingame, CA (HQ) · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on SoC/ASIC front-end design and integration experience.
- Education
- BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Quadric participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility for U.S.-based roles.
About the job
Design and integrate SoC subsystems for Quadric’s edge-AI processor, defining architecture and optimizing power, performance, area, and timing through tapeout.
What you'll do
- Own SoC subsystem development and integrate third-party IP; contribute to SoC architecture and package design releases for customers.
- Develop and drive SoC-level PPA optimization strategies, applying low-power design techniques.
- Contribute to timing closure across front-end, back-end, and tapeout, balancing latency and throughput.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on SoC/ASIC front-end design and integration experience.
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog or Verilog.
- Strong computer architecture and low-power digital design background; deep knowledge of at least one subsystem (Memory, I/O, or Compute), SoC subsystem/third-party IP experience, and working knowledge of VCS & Verilog/C Co-Simulation.
Nice to have
- Experience in logic synthesis and performance modeling or FPGA design.
- Familiarity with automotive safety standards (ASIL) and hardware security standards.
Pay
$170,000 to $230,000 USD base salary
Tools
SystemVerilog, Verilog, VCS, Verilog/C Co-Simulation, NoC, PCIe/UCIe, DDR
AI focus
Develop SoC hardware for a programmable edge-AI processor supporting neural network inference and conventional C++ code.
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