
SEMIFIVE is a leading custom silicon design partner, positioning itself as the new global hub for custom silicon. Founded in 2019 in Seoul, South Korea, the company leverages over 20 years of Korean semiconductor design expertise. SEMIFIVE offers comprehensive design solutions, including SoC Platforms, Idea Hand-off ASIC Design, Design and Engineering Services, and Turnkey Manufacturing. Their innovative SoC Platform enables low-cost, high-efficiency System-on-Chip (SoC) design, catering to diverse applications such as AI inference, AIoT, and HPC. SEMIFIVE is an official Samsung Foundry's SAFE Design Solution Partner (DSP), facilitating seamless access to Samsung Foundry's advanced process nodes. With a team of over 350 experts, the company has demonstrated significant growth, achieving over KRW 100 billion in revenue in its first five years, with a 57% year-over-year growth rate. Key offerings include: - SoC Platform: Facilitating rapid and minimal effort SoC design. - Idea Hand-off ASIC Design: Managing the entire design process from concept to manufacturing. - Engineering Services: Providing front-end or back-end design augmentation. - Turnkey Manufacturing: Offering wafer fabrication, packaging, and testing services. The company emphasizes making custom silicon accessible and efficient, working with global innovation leaders to shape future SoC designs.

SEMIFIVE is a leading custom silicon design partner, positioning itself as the new global hub for custom silicon. Founded in 2019 in Seoul, South Korea, the company leverages over 20 years of Korean semiconductor design expertise. SEMIFIVE offers comprehensive design solutions, including SoC Platforms, Idea Hand-off ASIC Design, Design and Engineering Services, and Turnkey Manufacturing. Their innovative SoC Platform enables low-cost, high-efficiency System-on-Chip (SoC) design, catering to diverse applications such as AI inference, AIoT, and HPC. SEMIFIVE is an official Samsung Foundry's SAFE Design Solution Partner (DSP), facilitating seamless access to Samsung Foundry's advanced process nodes. With a team of over 350 experts, the company has demonstrated significant growth, achieving over KRW 100 billion in revenue in its first five years, with a 57% year-over-year growth rate. Key offerings include: - SoC Platform: Facilitating rapid and minimal effort SoC design. - Idea Hand-off ASIC Design: Managing the entire design process from concept to manufacturing. - Engineering Services: Providing front-end or back-end design augmentation. - Turnkey Manufacturing: Offering wafer fabrication, packaging, and testing services. The company emphasizes making custom silicon accessible and efficient, working with global innovation leaders to shape future SoC designs.
SoC Timing Lead / Principal Engineer
About Semifive
Founded in Seoul in 2019, SEMIFIVE is basing its foundation on Korea’s semiconductor design competency that was amassed for more than 20 years. With expertise spanning front-end to back-end design, SEMIFIVE has become the fastest growing silicon design company that offers the most comprehensive design solutions. SEMIFIVE’s core business is its innovative SoC Platform that enables low-cost and high-efficiency SoC design, and also provides full turnkey silicon design services for global customers.
As the cost of developing an SoC and the demand for customized silicon continue to grow rapidly, SEMIFIVE’s SoC Platform plays a critical role in turning innovative ideas into silicon. SEMIFIVE works closely with global technology leaders and is rapidly emerging as The New Global Hub of Custom Silicon.
Semifive India Design Centre, headquartered in Bangalore, is a rapidly growing capability centre responsible for delivering complex, multi-node SoC programs for global customers across the US, Europe, and Asia. The India team owns front-end through back-end execution, including RTL, STA, synthesis, physical design, and signoff for turnkey silicon programs.
Key Responsibilities
SoC Timing & Synthesis Leadership
Execution & Technical Ownership
Cross-Functional & Foundry Collaboration
Methodology & Team Development
Qualifications
Why Join Us?
At Semifive, you will play a critical technical leadership role in delivering first-time-right silicon for global customers. Unlike traditional large semiconductor organizations, Semifive offers broad ownership and real impact, where timing and synthesis leaders directly influence architecture, implementation strategy, and final silicon quality.
As part of Semifive India, you will work on multiple complex SoCs, partner with world-class engineering teams across geographies, and help build scalable STA and synthesis methodologies for a rapidly growing organization.
This role offers the opportunity to shape not just individual chips — but how silicon is built at Semifive.