ASIC Design Engineer for AI Accelerators: Architecture

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

Job summary

IC Resources Recruitment in London is seeking an experienced ASIC Design Engineer to join a well-funded startup focused on AI accelerator silicon. You will contribute across architectural direction and RTL development, influencing future product roadmaps and silicon integration with verification and software teams.

The role demands hands-on RTL work, aggressive optimization, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver production-grade hardware for high-performance AI workloads.

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.
• Familiarity with Git and modern development workflows.
• Experience with simulation and verification environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance RTL for AI accelerator architectures.
• Contribute to architectural definition and future product roadmaps.
• Optimize 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

Verilog/SystemVerilog

ASIC to silicon

FPGA prototyping

Digital/DSP hardware

Accelerator IP integration

Python scripting

AI workloads

Git workflows

Verification environments

Job description

IC Resources Recruitment in London is seeking an experienced ASIC Design Engineer to join a well-funded startup focused on AI accelerator silicon. You will contribute across architectural direction and RTL development, influencing future product roadmaps and silicon integration with verification and software teams.

The role demands hands-on RTL work, aggressive optimization, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver production-grade hardware for high-performance AI workloads.