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Palo Alto Networks · 15 hours ago

Senior Principal ASIC Engineer

positionSanta Clara, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$174K/yr - $281K/yr
date10+ years exp

Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the digital way of life. They are seeking a Senior Principal ASIC Engineer to join their ASIC team, responsible for module design and collaboration with verification and physical-design engineers to meet performance and power goals.

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Responsibilities

Join our ASIC team and help deliver the digital logic that powers our next-generation firewall platforms
You will own module design from specification through silicon bring-up, working with world-class verification and physical-design engineers to hit aggressive performance, power, and schedule goals
Write clear design and micro-architecture specifications
Design SystemVerilog RTL that meets area, performance, and power targets
Verify your blocks with simulation, emulation, formal methods, and silicon bring-up
Collaborate with verification engineers to debug complex scenarios, close coverage, and add design-for-debug features
Partner with physical-design teams: review synthesis/timing reports, rewrite RTL to close critical paths, and consult on floor-planning for congestion/routability
Innovate: pilot AI-driven design or verification flows that cut schedule risk

Qualification

SystemVerilog RTLASIC design ownershipPCIe core integrationScripting proficiencyDatapath design expertiseFormal verificationNetworking knowledgeCybersecurity knowledgeSilicon validationLeadershipCollaborationCommunication

Required

BS in EE, CE, or CS (MSEE or equivalent military experience preferred)
10+ years' front-end ASIC design ownership, shipping 2+ chips to mass production
Solid experience with PCIe core integration and lab validation
Expert SystemVerilog RTL skills
Scripting proficiency (Python, C/C++, Perl, bash or tcsh)
Demonstrated strength in: Defining micro-architecture from high-level requirements
Datapath design expertise for intricate synch/asynch digital logic
Debugging across simulation, emulation, and silicon
Analyzing timing, power, and area reports and driving fixes
Excellent leadership, collaboration, and written/verbal communication

Preferred

Networking or cybersecurity domain knowledge
Experience with DDR5 memory, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), or search-algorithm accelerators
Formal-verification ownership
Hands-on silicon validation and lab bring-up

Benefits

Restricted stock units
Bonus

Company

Palo Alto Networks

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Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
dateFounded in 2005
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$65M
Key Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M

Leadership Team

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Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
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Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
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