Gain essential insights into the Texas ASIC design talent market with our H2 2025 report.
This report explores how demand is evolving across Texas’s fast-growing semiconductor ecosystem, highlighting the trends shaping ASIC hiring across Austin, Dallas and the wider Space and Defense corridor.
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ASIC Design (Texas) H2 205 Talent Report
Alex Ford
12th Jan 2026
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Key Highlights
- Market Trends: The ASIC design market in H2 2025 remains highly active, driven by sustained investment in AI, high-performance computing and advanced networking. Record valuations, major licensing deals and global manufacturing expansion have reinforced the strategic importance of custom silicon, with Texas continuing to strengthen its position as a semiconductor hub.
- Talent Supply: Despite some talent availability following restructuring at legacy players such as Intel, the supply of experienced ASIC engineers remains tight. Senior engineers with deep RTL, verification and advanced-node experience are in particularly short supply across the state.
- Hiring Impact: Competition for elite ASIC and FPGA engineers is intensifying, especially as Space and Defense programmes gain momentum in Texas. Ongoing M&A activity has introduced some short-term uncertainty, but overall hiring demand remains strong, with companies prioritising engineers who can take full ownership of complex silicon programmes.
- Insight: Texas is emerging as a critical market for ASIC and FPGA talent. As AI infrastructure and Space and Defense investment accelerate, access to high-calibre silicon engineers will remain a decisive advantage.