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Natcast (short for The National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology) is a new, purpose-built, non-profit entity created to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) consortium, established by the CHIPS Act of the U.S. government.
Working at Natcast offers an opportunity to help extend America’s leadership in semiconductor technology, reduce the time and cost of commercialization, and build a semiconductor workforce ecosystem.
This role involves advancing semiconductor innovation through expert RTL design support, debug solutions, and collaboration on complex logic design challenges, system-level architectures, and verification frameworks, including functional verification, simulation, and emulation.
Candidates must demonstrate deep RTL expertise, strong system-level understanding, mastery of hardware description languages, and the ability to deliver exceptional technical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert RTL design support
- Debug complex verification failures
- Create simulation and emulation models
- Design and implement UVM test frameworks, transactors, and BFMS
- Optimize power-aware designs
- Support verification environments
- Drive design methodology improvements
- Manage technical issue resolution
Required Skills And Experience
- Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering
- 7+ years RTL design experience
- Expert knowledge of SystemVerilog
- Strong background in VHDL
- Experience with UPF implementation
- Expertise in UVM frameworks
- System-level architecture experience
- Excellence in debug methodologies
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Technical documentation skills
Preferred Skills And Experience
- Semiconductor industry experience
- Prototyping (simulation/emulation/FPGA) environment development background
- Power optimization expertise
- Hardware emulation experience
- Technical mentoring capabilities
Ready to advance semiconductor design through innovative RTL solutions? Join Natcast in developing architectures that drive U.S. technological leadership.
Natcast is an equal opportunity employer, encouraging candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Accommodation requests due to disability are welcomed.
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