Career Prospects (VLSI Design – VLSID/ Embedded System Design – ESD)
As the candidate gains experience, the candidate moves into different job functions listed below based on candidate’s expertise and available opportunities at that time.
The candidate progressively moves up the ladder and becomes an experienced professional.
- Design Verification
- RTL Design
- Chip Architecture
- Implementation (Synthesis)
- Gate level simulations
- Emulation
- Pre-silicon and Post-silicon Validation
- System Modeling
- HW, SW Co-verification
- FPGA Implementation
- Silicon Characterization
- Low Power Design
- DFT Implementation/Verification
- Stating Timing Analysis and Timing closure
- ECO Engineering
- Place & Route Engineering
- Static Timing Analysis and Timing-closure
- Front-end and back-end Implementation
- Power Analysis
- Low power Design Engineering
- Physical verification
- Signal Integrity
- Design For Manufacturing
- Library Development and Characterization
- VLSI CAD/Methodology development Engineering
- Package Engineering
The main job functions in the ASD industry can be any of the following:
- Developing different applications (Web / Mobile / Set Top Box/ Smart TV/ OTT/ Medical devices/ Standalone)
- Developing User Interface
- Developing backend logic
- Design and Develop Databases
- Integration with other third party libraries/applications or services
- Co-working with other development and testing teams
- Maintenance and updating the existing applications