Careers at Xtremesilica

Build Silicon IP That Ships in Real Products

Join a Bengaluru-based semiconductor team working across production-ready IP, customer-specific FPGA customization, and advanced ASIC programs for global SoC teams.

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Why Join

Small Team, High Ownership, Direct Product Impact

Xtremesilica works at the intersection of reusable Silicon IP, customer-specific integration, and tapeout-focused engineering. That means engineers here work close to architecture, implementation, validation, and customer use cases rather than a narrow handoff-only slice.

Production-oriented work Build and adapt IP meant for deployment in SoCs, FPGA prototypes, and differentiated silicon programs.
Cross-functional exposure Work across RTL, verification, bring-up, integration, documentation, and customer-facing technical problem solving.
Global relevance Contribute to programs spanning AI, datacenter, automotive, video, networking, and edge-system applications.
Role Areas

Where We Typically Hire

Current openings change with project demand, but we regularly look for strong engineers and technical operators across the areas below.

RTL / Architecture

Digital Design Engineers

Engineers who can translate protocol requirements into clean, scalable RTL with strong judgment around reuse, performance, and implementation tradeoffs.

  • High-speed interface and subsystem design
  • Microarchitecture definition and block ownership
  • Performance, area, and feature tradeoff analysis
Verification

Verification and Validation

Team members who can build durable verification environments and close coverage with a strong bias toward production quality.

  • UVM or protocol-driven verification environments
  • Coverage closure and regression strategy
  • Debug across design, testbench, and integration layers
FPGA

FPGA Prototyping and Bring-Up

Engineers comfortable validating and tuning IP on target FPGA platforms while working through timing, resource, and system-level constraints.

  • Xilinx, Intel/Altera, Microchip, or Lattice flows
  • Platform-specific optimization and timing closure
  • Board-level bring-up and integration support
ASIC

Physical Design and Implementation

Roles that support hardening reusable IP and customer-specific implementations across foundry nodes and backend signoff stages.

  • Synthesis, PnR, timing, and power-driven optimization
  • Constraint development and implementation support
  • Collaboration across front-end and backend teams
Software / Tools

Embedded, Drivers, and Automation

Engineers who can strengthen productization through software tooling, automation, diagnostics, and hardware-adjacent bring-up workflows.

  • Validation utilities and engineering automation
  • Driver or firmware-facing integration support
  • Internal productivity tooling for design teams
Customer Programs

Applications and Technical Delivery

Technical professionals who can bridge product depth and customer outcomes across evaluations, deployment planning, and sustained engineering support.

  • Customer requirement analysis and solution framing
  • Evaluation support and technical communication
  • Program follow-through from inquiry to deployment
How We Work

Engineering Work With Real Constraints

The strongest candidates here usually enjoy hard technical detail, clear ownership, and customer-context engineering. We value fundamentals, rigor, and the ability to make good tradeoffs under schedule and implementation constraints.

  • 01
    Strong technical fundamentals Clear reasoning in digital design, verification, embedded systems, or implementation flows matters more than keyword stuffing.
  • 02
    Ownership over handoff thinking We look for people who can take a problem through ambiguity, iteration, and delivery rather than treating work as isolated task execution.
  • 03
    Communication that helps execution Good written and verbal communication is essential because the work spans internal teams, customer programs, and partner ecosystems.
Hiring Process

What to Expect

Process depth depends on role seniority, but most candidates can expect a practical, engineering-led evaluation flow.

  • 1
    Profile Review We review background, role fit, and evidence of engineering depth or relevant execution experience.
  • 2
    Technical Discussion A focused conversation around prior work, decisions, tradeoffs, debugging, and role-specific technical fundamentals.
  • 3
    Team or Task Round Depending on the role, we may use a deeper design review, implementation conversation, or execution-oriented problem discussion.
  • 4
    Final Alignment We align on scope, level, timing, and mutual expectations before moving to the next step.
Open Applications

See a Match?

If your background aligns with any of these areas, send us your resume, LinkedIn profile, or a concise summary of what you have built. Include the role area you are targeting and the work you want to own next.

Start an Application Email careers@xtremesilica.com

If there is no live opening that exactly matches your background, you can still reach out for future-fit opportunities.