Is Xilinx a good company to work for as a Design Engineer?

Design Engineer professionals working at Xilinx have rated their employer with 4.6 out of 5 stars in 33 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Xilinx employees being 4.2 out of 5 stars. Search open Design Engineer Jobs at Xilinx now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Design Engineer interview questions at Xilinx .

Does Xilinx pay Design Engineer employees well?

Design Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Xilinx with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 33 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Design Engineer salaries at Xilinx.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Xilinx?

Software Engineer (56) , Senior Software Engineer (48) , Engineer (41) , Design Engineer (33) , Staff Engineer (33) , Staff Software Engineer (26) , Senior Design Engineer (25) , Staff Design Engineer (21) , Senior Staff Engineer (20) , Senior Engineer (18) , Intern (17) , Manager (17) , Product Engineer (16) , Design Engineer II (13) , Senior Manager (13)

What are the pros of working at Xilinx according to real employee reviews?

"good work/life balance is great" ((in 120 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and ESPP." ((in 111 reviews)); "good benefits and has looked after engineers in the past." ((in 79 reviews)); "life balance; good salary and other perks." ((in 51 reviews)); "Good pay was available plus stock options." ((in 48 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Xilinx according to real employee reviews?

"Constant layoffs to re" ((in 28 reviews)); "Senior management has blown smoke up the new CEO's A" ((in 13 reviews)); "Plain vanilla internally promoted middle management that reflect plain vanilla upper management" ((in 11 reviews)); "Lack of leadership" ((in 10 reviews)); "There is very little top to bottom communication." ((in 10 reviews))

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Xilinx Design Engineer reviews

4.6

95% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Victor Peng

100% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

Design Engineer employees have rated Xilinx with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Design Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Xilinx is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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33 reviews

3.0

Aug 5, 2014

Great up to say 2010. After that micro-management style.

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great promising technology. good employees. healthy stock prices. you will learn a lot from other individuals. Location is good. Overall an OK company

Cons

management style has really take a nose-dive since about 2008 or so. The work culture of trust is gone, and micro management is the new mantra of everyone.

4.0

May 30, 2013

Work at Xilinx

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable, Good Projects, Good work

Cons

Pay is a bit less compared to the market standards.

2.0

Jan 14, 2010

Not as good as before...

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leader of FPGA industry Always design in latest technology nodes

Cons

New management expects employee to do more work with shorter schedule than before. Low performers are under pressure.

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