Principal ASIC Engineer

Echodyne Corp · Kirkland, WA

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $164,594 – $246,788
  • Posted 2026-11-05
  • Confirmed live on 10 November 2026

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Job description

Radar Reinvented.

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).

Echodyne is seeking a Principal ASIC Engineer to join our fast-growing team.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Echodyne is seeking a Principal ASIC Engineer to join our Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Engineering team and lead the development and lifecycle support of custom integrated circuits for our advanced radar products.

As Echodyne’s ASIC subject-matter expert, you will provide hands-on technical leadership across the silicon development lifecycle, supporting the manufacturability and long-term continuity of existing devices while also establishing the design methods, tool flows, and technical foundation needed to deliver future ASICs in-house from product definition through production release. The ideal candidate combines deep IC-design expertise with Principal-level technical judgment, external-partner leadership, and a strong understanding of semiconductor economics.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the long-term manufacturability, production continuity, and sustaining support of Echodyne’s existing ASIC(s). Lead the technical evaluation, qualification, and controlled release of foundry, process-node, package, assembly, test, and material changes, and resolve associated yield, reliability, quality, and obsolescence risks.

• Collaborate with Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, and other technical stakeholders to translate product and system needs into ASIC requirements and architectures. Lead ASIC-level functional partitioning and trade studies involving power, performance, area, process technology, intellectual property, packaging, test strategy, and make-versus-buy decisions.

• Lead ASIC development from specification through production release, including analog, digital, and mixed-signal design; design verification; physical implementation and sign-off; design for test; tape-out; silicon bring-up; characterization; qualification; and production ramp. Define technical plans, review gates, risk mitigations, and readiness criteria throughout the development cycle.

• Lead technical relationships with ASIC design partners, foundries, intellectual property (IP) providers, electronic design automation (EDA) vendors, packaging suppliers, and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers. Evaluate technical capabilities and proposals, define statements of work and acceptance criteria, review deliverables, and resolve technical issues.

• Provide technical and cost inputs to ASIC sourcing decisions in partnership with Supply Chain. Evaluate non-recurring engineering (NRE), mask-set, wafer, yield, packaging, assembly, test, licensing, and production-volume economics to support supplier selection and commercial negotiations.

• Provide Principal-level technical leadership for ASIC development and lifecycle support. Establish design methods, review and sign-off practices, tool flows, data and configuration controls, and reusable development standards. Preserve technical knowledge, mentor engineers, and contribute to the development of future ASIC capabilities within the team.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

• Proven record of delivering production ASICs across the complete development lifecycle, including successful tape-outs, silicon bring-up, and productization

• Broad knowledge of analog, digital, and mixed-signal ASIC development, with deep design expertise in at least one domain and sufficient breadth to lead integration and sign-off across the complete device

• Experience managing foundry, process-node, package, assembly, or test transitions for production ASICs, including technical risk assessment and requalification

• Strong understanding of semiconductor product engineering, including design for test, production test, post-silicon characterization, yield improvement, reliability qualification, and failure analysis

• Demonstrated success technically directing external ASIC design services and semiconductor suppliers against defined requirements, deliverables, quality expectations, and acceptance criteria

• Working knowledge of semiconductor cost structures and business models, with experience supporting make-versus-buy, sourcing, and commercial decisions

• Ability to operate from broad direction, align technical execution with established program and organizational priorities,

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