AI Accelerator ASIC Architect & RTL Engineer

IC Resources; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources partners with a well-funded semiconductor start-up in Greater London to find an experienced ASIC Design Engineer. You'll help shape next-gen AI accelerator architectures, contributing to architectural direction and hands-on RTL development across the full silicon lifecycle.

Collaborating with Verification, Software and Systems teams, you'll translate concepts into production hardware, continually refine designs and drive the long-term technical direction of the product.

Qualifications

• Strong RTL design experience using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Experience delivering ASIC designs through to silicon.
• Exposure to FPGA development and prototyping.
• Experience implementing high-performance digital or signal-processing hardware.
• Knowledge of integrating accelerator IP into Arm or RISC-V based SoCs
• Scripting experience using Python, Tcl or similar
• Understanding of AI workloads or hardware acceleration concepts
• Experience using Git and modern development workflows
• Familiarity with simulation and verification environments

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance RTL for AI accelerator architectures
• Contribute to architectural definition and future product roadmaps
• Optimise existing RTL for performance, power and silicon area
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs and propose design improvements
• Work closely with Verification, Software and Systems Engineering teams throughout development
• Define and document micro-architectures, interfaces and design specifications
• Support integration into complex SoC environments

Skills

RTL design Verilog/SystemVerilog

ASIC to silicon

FPGA prototyping

Digital hardware

Arm/RISC-V SoCs

Python scripting

AI workloads

Git workflows

Simulation environments

Job description

IC Resources partners with a well-funded semiconductor start-up in Greater London to find an experienced ASIC Design Engineer. You'll help shape next-gen AI accelerator architectures, contributing to architectural direction and hands-on RTL development across the full silicon lifecycle.

Collaborating with Verification, Software and Systems teams, you'll translate concepts into production hardware, continually refine designs and drive the long-term technical direction of the product.