Posted: 08/21/2026 Employment Type: Direct Hire Job Number: 32269 Job Location: Hybrid Industry: SEMI - Semiconductor

Job Description

Position Title: Principal Logic Design Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire opportunity for a Principal Logic Design Engineer with our client in Hillsboro, OR and San Jose, CA.

Job Responsibilities:

Own micro-architecture definition and RTL design for critical blocks such as schedulers, command pipelines, coherency/ordering logic and system interfaces
Analyze performance, power, and area (PPA) trade-offs and drive design decisions based on quantitative data
Collaborate closely with verification team to shape test plans and improve verification coverage
Work with physical design team to understand and resolve timing, power, and congestion challenges
Work with verification team on regression failure debug and root cause, and provide RTL fix if necessary
Provide technical support to FAE team on pre-sales customer engagements
Provide technical support to AE team on post-sales customer deliveries

Job Qualifications:

Strong System Verilog/Verilog RTL design expertise
Memory (HBM, LPDDR) expertise
Questa/Incisive/VCS simulator experience
Python/Perl/TCL scripting experience
Ability to learn quickly and work independently
Solid communication and project management skills
10+ years of logic design experience (ASIC/FPGA) with BSEE, or
8+ years of logic design experience (ASIC/FPGA) with MSEE

Preferred Job Qualifications:

ASIC synthesis, timing constraint, CDC/RDC experience
UVM Verification experience
AMBA AXI or CHI design experience

Job Details:

Job Type: Direct Hire
Location: Hillsboro, OR or San Jose, CA (Hybrid 3 days a week onsite)
Salary: $127,400 to $287,600

About Protingent: Protingent is an award-winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation—from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We're passionate about connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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Akshay Sitaram

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