What You’ll Do
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
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.
Expert SystemVerilog RTL skills.
Proven track record of selecting, integrating, and configuring complex IP blocks for high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, or DDR.
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.
Demonstrated proficiency or active experience integrating modern AI tools (e.g., LLM coding assistants, automated test generators, or ML-enhanced EDA features) into hardware design, scripting, or verification workflows.
Excellent leadership, collaboration, and written/verbal communication.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
Networking or cybersecurity domain knowledge.
Experience with search-algorithm accelerators.
Formal-verification ownership.
Hands-on silicon validation and lab bring-up.
Compensation Disclosure
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
$156,400.00 - $253,000.00/yr
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
