Design Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

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RTL Design Engineer - PowerArtist

  • Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 2 hours ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 2 hours ago

improve the debug facility Provide technical support to other teams PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: RTL spyglass/lint RTL power design/optimization (PowerArtist) IP Logic design Good at C/C++ Familiarity with SystemVerilog...

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IC Package CAD Engineer

  • Google
  • Mountain View, CA (24 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago
  • Mountain View, CA (24 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago

Collaborate closely with SI/PI, thermal, and mechanical engineering teams to refine and optimize product package designs, test vehicles, and mock-up designs for product feasibility....

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Senior Design Engineer, Custom Circuits and SRAMs

  • Google
  • Sunnyvale, CA (23 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago
  • Sunnyvale, CA (23 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago

As a Design Engineer, Custom Circuits and Static Random-Access Memorys (SRAMs) you will collaborate with circuit design, SRAM, physical design, technology, and architecture leads to deliver cutting-edge...

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Physical Design Engineer, University Graduate, PhD

  • Google
  • Sunnyvale, CA (23 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago
  • Sunnyvale, CA (23 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago

As a Physical Design Engineer, you will collaborate with Register-Transfer Level (RTL), Design for Testing (DFT), floorplan, and full-chip sign off teams....

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Packaging Product Design Engineer

  • Apple
  • Cupertino, CA (15 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago
  • Cupertino, CA (15 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago

Job Summary Summary Posted: Feb 27, 2026 Role Number: 20... When was the last time you enjoyed a box as much as the product inside? At Apple, every customer interaction is an opportunity for...

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Staff, Physical Design Engineer

  • Qualcomm
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 3 hours ago

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's...

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ASIC Design Engineer, Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team - Annapurna Labs

  • Amazon
  • Cupertino, CA (15 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 5 hours ago
  • Cupertino, CA (15 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 5 hours ago

Key job responsibilities As an ASIC Design Engineer, you will: Develop and implement high-performance, area and power-efficient RTL designs to meet project specifications and targets Conduct in-depth...

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Staff Physical Design Engineer - EMIR

  • Tenstorrent Inc.
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 6 hours ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 6 hours ago

We're looking for a Senior Physical Design Engineer - EMIR to join our silicon team....

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Emulation & Prototyping Engineer

  • Dexian
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 8 hours ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 8 hours ago

Emulation & Prototyping Engineer (2 Openings) San Jose, CA - Hybrid (Tue-Thu in-office) 12 + Months $50-55/HR Requirements: 3-5 yrs hardware design/SoC experience FPGA & RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog...

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CAD Engineer - SOC Design Methodology

  • NVIDIA
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 10 hours ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 10 hours ago

NVIDIA is looking for a CAD Engineer to join our SOC Design Methodology team! At NVIDIA, you'll collaborate with brilliant minds to build cutting-edge GPUs and SOCs that power everything from AI...

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Senior Thermal Design Engineer

  • NVIDIA
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 10 hours ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (22 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 10 hours ago

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Thermal Product Design Engineer to join this dynamic and innovative team to support the next generation of products and thermal solutions....

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ASIC Design Engineer, Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team

  • Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.
  • Cupertino, CA (15 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago
  • Cupertino, CA (15 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago

. - Develop micro-architecture, implement SystemVerilog RTL, and deliver synthesis/timing clean design with constraints. - Perform lint and clock domain crossing quality checks on the design. - Work...

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ASIC RTL Design Engineer, ML Accelerators

  • Google
  • Mountain View, CA (24 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago
  • Mountain View, CA (24 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago

As an ASIC Design Engineer, you will be part of a team developing ASICs used to accelerate computation in data centers....

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Packaging Design Engineer, Silicon

  • Google
  • Mountain View, CA (24 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago
  • Mountain View, CA (24 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago

Collaborate closely with Signal Integrity (SI)/Power Integrity (PI), Test, NPI and Mechanical Engineering teams to refine and optimize product package architecture and design....

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Senior TPU RTL Design Engineer, Cloud

  • Google
  • Sunnyvale, CA (23 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago
  • Sunnyvale, CA (23 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 11 hours ago

As an RTL Design Engineer on the TPU team, you will be a key contributor to the development of Google's AI accelerators....

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Salary for Design Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

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Highest Education Level

Design Engineers in Santa Cruz, CA offer the following education background
Bachelor's Degree
54.2%
Master's Degree
30.5%
Associate's Degree
6.7%
Doctorate Degree
3.5%
Vocational Degree or Certification
2.7%
High School or GED
1.9%
Some College
0.4%
Some High School
0.1%

Average Work Experience
Here's a breakdown of the number of years' experience offered by Design Engineers in Santa Cruz, CA
4-6 years
26.4%
2-4 years
25.9%
6-8 years
17.6%
Less than 1 year
10.4%
1-2 years
7.0%
8-10 years
5.9%
None
4.2%
10+ years
2.6%