Custom Circuit Design (Sr. Staff / Principal)

About the role

As a Sr. Staff/Principal Custom Circuit Design Engineer at Velaura AI, you will lead the architecture, design, and optimization of high-performance, low-power standard cell libraries and custom digital circuits for next-generation AI and high-performance computing silicon. You will drive transistor-level innovation across advanced process

What you'll do

• Lead the architecture, design, and optimization of high-performance, low-power standard cells targeting advanced process technologies with a strong focus on Performance
• Design and optimize transistor-level circuits including latches, flip-flops, multiplexers, AOI/OAI, XOR/XNOR, encoders, decoders, level shifters, arithmetic cells
• Architect and develop advanced arithmetic building blocks, including adders, multipliers, integer and floating-point MAC units, for high-performance compute applications
• Develop schematics using Cadence Virtuoso and perform post-layout validation through parasitic extraction using StarRC or Quantus
• Perform circuit verification across all PVT corners using HSPICE, PrimeSim XA, or Spectre, ensuring robust functionality, timing, and power performance

What you need

• 10–18 yrs of experience
• Circuit design
• VLSI
• PhD

Good to have

• Python
• Perl