Cyber City, DLF Phase 2 in Gurugram is where you'd work for this Junior VLSI Design Engineer role. Full-time, on-site, INR 57,000 a month.
Skills you'll need
You'll need working knowledge of Verilog or VHDL, since RTL design is the foundation of everything else in this role. Digital design fundamentals matter just as much as the language syntax itself, and comfort with chip design tools will get you moving faster once you're on the job. Debugging ability rounds it out, and you'll use it constantly, since almost nothing in chip design works correctly on the first attempt.
None of this needs to be polished on day one. This role exists specifically to build that expertise through real project work.
What you'd be doing
- Write RTL code in Verilog or VHDL for digital design blocks
- Run simulations to verify that a design behaves correctly before it moves further down the pipeline
- Debug functional and timing issues that show up during verification
- Document design specifications clearly enough for other engineers to build on your work later
A recent case a junior engineer on this team worked through: a design passed every functional simulation cleanly, but the same logic behaved unpredictably once tested on actual hardware, and it took a senior engineer's help to trace it to a clock domain crossing that hadn't been properly synchronized. The simulation environment simply hadn't modeled that particular timing scenario. Learning to spot the gap between what a simulation confirms and what real hardware actually does is one of the bigger lessons this role teaches early on.
Qualifications
A bachelor's degree is required, typically in electronics, electrical engineering, or a closely related field. Practical experience with circuit design, embedded programming, or hardware prototyping, even from academic projects or a college lab, matters more here than a polished resume. This is a fresher-friendly opening, and no prior professional experience is required.
Pay and benefits
The role pays INR 57,000 a month. This listing on Naukri Mitra includes health insurance, paid time off, and provident fund contributions as standard benefits. Since the position is on-site in Cyber City, employees also have access to on-site cafeteria facilities and cab or commute support.
What the first year looks like
Junior engineers here spend the first few months working closely with senior designers, reviewing RTL code together and walking through simulation results line by line. That close review loosens up as confidence builds, usually within the first several months on real projects. VLSI design rewards patience more than speed, since a design bug that slips through verification and reaches silicon costs far more to fix than one caught early.
How to apply
Send a resume that highlights any coursework, lab projects, or personal builds involving digital design, FPGA work, or hardware description languages. If you've built something on an FPGA or worked through a chip design course project, describe what you built and any bugs you had to work through. Shortlisted candidates will discuss their project experience in a technical conversation rather than a formal written exam.
