Design Team Leader Cambridge

AccelerComm Ltd; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 20%

EMI share options

Pension

Private health insurance

Hybrid working

Job summary

AccelerComm Ltd seeks a Design Team Leader to guide a hardware team focused on 5G base stations and space-qualified devices. You will drive IP development, work across Algorithm, System Architecture and Software, and ensure on-time delivery of complex FPGA/ASIC designs with UVM testing.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on design, and shaping engineering methodologies, with hybrid options and a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Leadership track record in building and leading high-performing teams.
• Expert knowledge of RTL design (Verilog, SystemVerilog) for ASIC/FPGA.
• Delivery of digital designs for ASIC/FPGA with timing/resource optimization.
• Power management techniques, synthesis and timing analysis.
• Experience with UVM verification approaches is desirable.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary hardware design and integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the hardware design team delivering Layer 1 IP for FPGA/ASIC.
• Inform technical decisions and planning across Algorithm, System Architecture and Software.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects with strong technical leadership.
• Mentor and develop team members through regular coaching and feedback.
• Translate product requirements into hardware deliverables with senior team.
• Engage with customers during presales and product development.
• Oversee designs using industry-standard techniques and UVM testbenches.
• Help shape engineering processes and incorporate AI where beneficial.

Skills

RTL design

ASIC/FPGA design

Timing optimization

EDA tools

Project management

Power management

UVM verification (Desirable)

Job description

Design Team Leader

Department: Hardware

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Cambridge

Description

As the Principal Design Team Leader at AccelerComm, you will be working on 5G base stations on board satellites. This revolutionary technology is at the leading edge of non-terrestrial communications, and will underpin the next generation of mobile standards giving complete coverage to the globe. AccelerComm develop the baseband signal processing technology, using hardware acceleration to generate world-leading error resilience, capacity and power efficiency. The Principal Design Team Leader will take a leading role in shaping the technical roadmap for extending the power efficiency for the latest generation space-qualified devices, and then delivering this technology to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a person with a proven track record of team leadership and delivering complex IP, who has a real interest in all aspects of the Intellectual Property development life cycle.

This is a hands‑on role requiring exceptional team leadership skills alongside technical skills to drive the design, quality, and delivery of Layer 1 IP. This role will play a pivotal part in the growth of AccelerComm and our product portfolio. You will need to:

• Help to inform technical decision‑making and planning within the wider company, working with colleagues from Algorithm, System Architecture and Software teams.
• Take responsibility for the successful and timely delivery of projects by providing technical leadership
• Provide team leadership to build knowledge and support the development of individuals
• Work closely with other senior members of the hardware team to help translate product requirements into hardware team deliverables.
• Support discussions with customers during presales and product development
• Oversee the implementation of designs targeting both FPGA and ASIC using industry standard techniques, including the creation of UVM based testbenches
• Help to shape AccelerComm’s engineering methodology, processes, and design techniques, integrating AI where valuable.
• Nurture professional growth of team members through regular mentoring, coaching, and feedback

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential

• Track record of building and leading high performing collaborative teams
• Expert knowledge of RTL design (Verilog, SystemVerilog) for complex ASIC and FPGA products
• A strong skillset in delivery of digital designs for ASIC and FPGA
• Optimisation of timing and hardware resources for high throughput data or signal processing applications. Experience in power management techniques, synthesis and timing analysis
• Expert user of EDA tools for simulation and synthesis
• Knowledge and appreciation of project management methodologies across the design lifecycle including agile and waterfall, requirements capture and traceability.

Desirable

• Knowledge of communications signal processing algorithms (such as error correction, equalisation, channel estimation, beamforming)
• Understanding of UVM verification techniques or practical experience using UVM for IP verification
• Experience with high speed interfaces on and off chip such as AMBA, PCI‑E or JESD
• Understanding of using C++/SystemC for design modelling and integration
• Experience in Technology Readiness Models
• Understanding of system architecture of a multi‑disciplinary team project

Job Benefits

We pay competitive salaries which depend on skills and experience.

We offer a bonus scheme which pays up to 20% of salary annually, depending on performance. This is in addition to EMI share options, issued periodically. We offer a range of good quality company benefits including pension and private health insurance.

We operate flexible working hours and offer hybrid working.