Digital Design Engineers - 7 openings

AtKandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is todemocratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)of hardware systems - a critical barrier to scalable adoption.

Our proprietaryMIMO-over-copper technologypowers ahigh-performance, Chiplet-based AI memory fabricthat is bothscalable and energy-efficient. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solutionreduces power consumption significantlywhile preservinghigh bandwidth and ultra-low latency - unlocking unprecedented efficiency for AI training and inference at scale.

Kandou’s architecture is not just an incremental improvement - it’s a foundationalshiftin how AI hardware is built for the future.

Location: Hyderabad OR Bangalore

Department:Semiconductor Design Engineering

Experience Level:5–10 Years

Employment Type:Full-Time

About the Role:

We are seeking fortalented Mid-Level Digital Design Engineers to contribute to the development of high-performance digital circuits for next-generation communication and memory interfaces. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in high-speed digital design, semiconductor development flows, and cross-functional collaboration with verification and analog/mixed-signal teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define digital architecture concepts and specify analog-to-digital interfaces.
• Develop RTL for high-speed digital blocks and contribute to IP verification and basic DFT implementation.
• Perform logic synthesis and support timing analysis activities.
• Design and verify high-performance digital circuits meeting area, timing, and power requirements.
• Develop block-level specifications based on system-level requirements.
• Collaborate closely with verification, physical implementation, and analog/mixed-signal engineering teams.
• Analyse and implement high-speed serial protocols (e.g., USB4, PCIe).
• Support post-silicon bring-up, debugging, characterization, and productization.
• Validate and test silicon in laboratory environments.

Required Qualifications:

• B.E/B.Tech./B.S/M.E/M.Tech/M.S in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Communications, VLSI, Microelectronics or related field.
• 5–10 years of semiconductor industry experience in digital design.
• Proven experience in high-speed digital circuit design using deep-submicron CMOS technologies.
• Experience designing digital circuits for multi-gigabit serial data-link transceivers, DDR, or high-performance memory interfaces.
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for design, simulation, and verification.
• Strong background in complex digital system design and verification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Industry Standard design tools.
• Experience with multi-gigabit serial data transceivers.
• Exposure to analog/digital control interfaces.
• Knowledge of synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), and signal processing techniques.
• Familiarity with verification methodologies and tools.

Technical Skills:

• RTL design expertise including CDC analysis and linting.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python preferred).
• Solid understanding of high-speed, low-power digital design techniques.
• Ability to translate system-level requirements into detailed digital implementations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
  

Visit us atwww.kandou.ai and https://www.linkedin.com/company/kandou-ai/