Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer

ZENOVO LTD; Greater London; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

ZENOVO LTD in Leicestershire is seeking a Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer to design and verify high-speed digital hardware, including FPGA/ASIC interfaces and robust signal integrity. You will define architectures, review specifications, and lead hardware test planning.

You will collaborate with firmware, software and systems teams for seamless integration and guide PCB layout practices for harsh environments. On-site role with opportunities to optimize for high-volume production.

Qualifications

• Must-have degree in Electronic/Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in high-speed digital hardware design.
• Strong understanding of clocking, CDC, reset architectures and timing constraints.
• Experience with FPGA development tools.
• Familiarity with hardware simulation tools like ModelSim/Questa.
• Experience creating and executing hardware test plans.
• Board-level debugging with lab equipment.
• Strong high-speed PCB design and signal integrity knowledge.
• Experience with Altium Designer.
• Knowledge of harsh operating environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement digital hardware including high-speed interfaces and routing architectures.
• Develop, simulate and verify RTL designs ensuring timing closure and robustness.
• Define and review hardware architectures and perform trade-off analyses.
• Produce and review specifications, schematics and hardware test plans.
• Perform functional simulation, synthesis and STA for FPGA/ASIC targets.
• Collaborate with firmware, software and systems engineers for integration.
• Support hardware verification, bring-up and board debugging.
• Participate in design and code reviews and process improvements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing for volume manufacture and test.
• Liaise with component manufacturers for long-term availability.
• Design for reliable operation in demanding environments.

Education

Electronic/Electrical/Computer Engineering degree, or equivalent

5+ years of high-speed digital hardware design

Clocking strategies, CDC, reset architectures, timing constraints

FPGA development tools experience

ModelSim/Questa or similar simulation tools

Hardware test plans creation/execution

Board-level debugging with oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers

High-speed PCB design and signal integrity

Altium Designer

Design for harsh operating environments

Tools

Altium Designer

ModelSim

Questa

Job description

Job Title: Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer

Location: Leicestershire (On-site)

Salary: Up to £75k (DOE)

About the Role

• Design and implement digital hardware including high-speed interfaces, signal processing and switching/routing architectures.
• Develop, simulate and verify RTL designs, ensuring timing closure, robustness, and design correctness.
• Define and review hardware architectures, contributing to system-level design decisions and technical trade-off analysis.
• Produce and review technical documentation, including specifications, schematics, and hardware test plans.
• Perform functional simulation, synthesis and static timing analysis targeting FPGA and/or ASIC technologies.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, and systems engineers to ensure successful hardware/software integration.
• Support hardware verification, validation, laboratory bring-up and board‑level debugging.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews and continuous improvement of engineering processes.
• Work closely with manufacturing teams to optimise designs for volume manufacture and test.
• Liaise with component manufacturers and suppliers to support long‑term product availability.
• Design for reliable operation in demanding or harsh environments.

About You

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years' experience in high-speed digital hardware design.
• Strong understanding of digital hardware design principles, including clocking strategies, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), reset architectures, and timing constraints.
• Experience with FPGA development tools.
• Familiarity with simulation tools including ModelSim, Questa, or similar.
• Experience creating and executing hardware test plans.
• Board-level debugging using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analysers and protocol analysers.
• Strong understanding of high-speed PCB design and signal integrity.
• Experience using Altium Designer.
• Knowledge of designing electronics for harsh operating environments.

Please note, we cannot offer sponsorship for this role.

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