Senior RTL Design Engineer - High-Performance Hardware

NIF; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and ownership

Private medical, dental and vision

Contributory pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life/critical illness insurance

Job summary

Fractile is seeking a Senior Logical Design Engineer in the UK to lead RTL design activities and drive high‑performance, power‑efficient digital systems. You will contribute across the full design lifecycle, from specs to verification and integration, in a fast‑paced hardware environment.

The role requires strong RTL expertise, collaboration with physics, verification, and software teams, and a track record of delivering robust designs for scalable AI workloads.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in digital design, RTL development, or related roles.
• Proven expertise in developing RTL designs for high‑performance systems.
• Familiarity with advanced digital design concepts, such as pipelining, clock‑domain crossing, and power gating.
• Experience with high‑speed or low‑power design methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain RTL specifications for digital designs, ensuring clarity and accuracy.
• Implement complex design modules with a focus on performance, power, and area efficiency.
• Take ownership of design tasks, including planning, execution, and delivery of work packages.
• Define design tasks for the project, including partitioning, interface specifications, and module definitions.
• Collaborate with verification engineers to ensure functional correctness through simulation and formal verification.
• Work closely with physical design engineers, and verification teams to ensure seamless integration of the design.
• Document RTL design methodologies, module interfaces, and functional requirements.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and maintainability guidelines.

Skills

RTL design

Digital design

SystemVerilog

Pipelining

Clock domain crossing

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Fractile is seeking a Senior Logical Design Engineer in the UK to lead RTL design activities and drive high‑performance, power‑efficient digital systems. You will contribute across the full design lifecycle, from specs to verification and integration, in a fast‑paced hardware environment.

The role requires strong RTL expertise, collaboration with physics, verification, and software teams, and a track record of delivering robust designs for scalable AI workloads.