Careers in VLSI Design - Digital

Logic Design (LD)/ Logic Verification (LV)/ Design Verification (DV)/ Logic Implementation (LI)/ DFT

Career Prospects (VLSI Design – Digital)

After successful completion of the training program, candidates may begin their careers in companies offering placements, as per their starting designation and then progressing in their respective domain.

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.

The main job functions in the industry can be any of the following: 

  • 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

The candidate can grow competently to Senior Engineer, Project lead, Manager, etc. positions in the career.