Senior Director Digital Design

Date posted 05/14/2026


Category Engineering
Hire Type Employee
Job ID 16907
Base Salary Range $229000-$343000
Remote Eligible No
Date Posted 05/14/2026


We Are

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.

You Are

You have built your career in digital design where execution determines silicon success. You understand the difference between RTL that synthesizes cleanly and code that creates downstream timing problems. You have closed timing on multi-GHz datapaths, resolved clock domain crossing issues, and made power versus performance tradeoffs that define successful products.

High-speed interconnect is your domain. You understand SerDes and die-to-die links, sub-nanosecond latency requirements, and reliable link training logic. You still review critical RTL because that is where decisions are made. When timing reports show violations, you identify root cause. At Synopsys, you will lead digital design for interconnect solutions enabling AI systems to scale.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead digital design for high-speed die-to-die interconnect ICs from microarchitecture through physical design handoff
• Direct RTL development, logic synthesis, timing closure, and clock domain crossing verification
• Oversee DFT implementation including scan insertion, ATPG, MBIST, and boundary scan
• Manage verification strategy, testbench architecture, assertion-based verification, and coverage closure
• Guide pre-silicon validation using emulation platforms for link training and error recovery testing
• Conduct technical reviews of microarchitecture, RTL quality, synthesis QoR, and verification plans

The Impact You Will Have

• You will establish RTL architecture and implementation methodology for interconnect IPs enabling next-generation AI systems
• Your synthesis and timing strategies will determine whether designs meet frequency targets within power budgets
• The verification infrastructure you develop will impact first-silicon success and reduce debug cycles
• Your DFT architecture will influence test coverage, yield learning, and production test economics
• Your technical decisions on clock architecture and datapath optimization will affect product competitiveness

What You'll Need

• 15+ years digital design experience with multiple high-speed ASIC tapeouts, including 5+ years in technical leadership
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog RTL design including complex FSMs, pipelined datapaths, and clock domain crossing
• Demonstrated experience with logic synthesis and timing closure on multi-GHz designs
• Proven background in high-speed digital design for SerDes, PHY, or die-to-die interconnect
• Comprehensive DFT experience including scan design, ATPG, MBIST, and boundary scan
• Solid foundation in digital verification including UVM, assertions, and formal verification

Who You Are

• You analyze timing reports and distinguish architectural issues from transient concerns
• You evaluate verification plans for completeness, identifying gaps in corner case coverage
• You assess RTL for synthesis implications, recognizing structures that create timing or area challenges
• You make informed tradeoffs between latency, throughput, power, and area based on requirements
• You have developed engineers in metastability handling, gray code crossing, and low-latency optimization

The Team You'll Be Part Of

You will lead the digital design organization within Silicon Engineering, focused on high-bandwidth, ultra-low-latency die-to-die links for AI compute and networking systems. The team covers RTL design, logic synthesis, timing closure, DFT, digital verification, emulation, and program execution. You will work with analog design on PHY interfaces, physical implementation on timing closure, and system architects on protocol and performance requirements.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.

In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request. The base salary range for this role is across the U.S.