Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

IC Resources; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental plan

Health cash plan

Pension (matched up to 5%)

Life assurance

Income protection

Competitive salary & performance-based rewards

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company seeks an ASIC Design Engineer to join their team in Bristol or Cambridge. You will contribute to high-quality specifications for advanced silicon products, utilizing your skills in SystemVerilog or VHDL. This role offers a clear career path, performance-based rewards, and flexible working with three days onsite. The ideal candidate has a degree in Computer Science or Engineering and strong scripting abilities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Competence in scripting (Python, Tcl).
• Knowledge of digital design flows.
• High-speed serial interfaces & complex third-party IP integration.
• Design-for-test, synthesis, timing analysis, logical equivalence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality micro‑architecture specifications and RTL.
• Contribute to shared design infrastructure and flows.
• Work with industry-leading EDA tools and design methodologies.
• Support block-level and chip-level verification.

Skills

SystemVerilog

VHDL

Python

Tcl

Digital design flows

Project planning

IP integration

Floating-point design

Power integrity

Timing analysis

Design-for-test

Synthesis

Linting

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

📍 Bristol or Cambridge | 3 days onsite per week

This is a superb opportunity to join one of the hottest names in the semiconductor industry — building technology that’s transforming the future of AI and humanity itself. You’ll work on world‑class products that set the standard in made‑for‑AI compute hardware and software, and be part of the AI revolution.

Although this is an individual contributor role, there’s a clear career path with progression into technical leadership or managerial positions if desired.

Role Overview

As an ASIC Design Engineer in the Logical Design team, you’ll contribute to high‑quality micro‑architecture specifications and RTL for advanced silicon products. You’ll also collaborate across the wider silicon department to ensure successful delivery of cutting‑edge chips.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality micro‑architecture specifications and RTL.
• Contribute to shared design infrastructure and flows.
• Work with industry-leading EDA tools and design methodologies.
• Support block-level and chip-level verification, including linting, synthesis, timing closure, CDC, RDC, and coverage analysis.

Profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience with SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Competence in scripting (Python, Tcl).
• Knowledge of digital design flows.
• Processor design and application‑specific blocks.
• High-speed serial interfaces & complex third‑party IP integration.
• Arithmetic pipeline and floating‑point design.
• Design‑for‑test, synthesis, timing analysis, logical equivalence.
• Power integrity and silicon transistor‑level knowledge.
• Project planning or team leadership experience.
• Competitive salary & performance‑based rewards.
• Flexible working with 3 days onsite.
• Private medical insurance, dental plan, and health cash plan.
• Pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance, and income protection.

📩 For more information, please contact Rachel Mason at IC Resources.

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