Senior ASIC Physical Design Engineer - IP/SoC

European Tech Recruit; Cork; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking a skilled Physical Design Engineer to join their CPU team in Cork, Ireland. You will drive high-performance, low-power IP development for next-generation products, participating in end-to-end ASIC development from architecture to verification and implementation.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of ASIC experience (or 4+ years with a Master’s) and strong expertise with RTL-to-GDS workflows, Verilog, and scripting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years ASIC experience or Master’s with 4+ years in ASIC design/verification/validation/integration.
• Hands-on experience across ASIC development – architecture, design, verification, and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of digital and/or analog IP to meet performance and power targets.
• Define architectures, circuit specs, and simulations from system requirements.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and product teams on implementation strategies.
• Manage full ASIC development flow: high-level design, synthesis, layout, timing, verification.
• Use industry tools (RTL-to-GDS, Virtuoso) for block/SoC or IC package design.
• Create and review detailed technical docs; provide mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

ASIC design

RTL/Verilog

Scripting languages

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

Master’s degree in Electrical/CS

Tools

RTL-to-GDS

Virtuoso

Job description

European Tech Recruit is seeking a skilled Physical Design Engineer to join their CPU team in Cork, Ireland. You will drive high-performance, low-power IP development for next-generation products, participating in end-to-end ASIC development from architecture to verification and implementation.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of ASIC experience (or 4+ years with a Master’s) and strong expertise with RTL-to-GDS workflows, Verilog, and scripting.