Senior Staff Design Engineer - Embedded MCU/SoC (Cork)

Qualcomm; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary, stock and performance related

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Employee stock purchase scheme

Matching pension scheme

Education Assistance

Relocation and immigration support

Life, Medical, Income and Travel보험

Subsidised memberships for physical &_

Job summary

QT Technologies Ireland Limited in Cork, Ireland, seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to provide deep technical leadership in ASIC design and SoC architecture across multiple business units. You will drive micro-architecture, RTL development, and cross-functional collaboration while mentoring engineers and influencing long-term design direction.

The role emphasizes optimization for area, power, and performance, support for post-silicon bring-up, and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Micro-Architecture and Technical Leadership: Driving micro-architecture for both simple and highly complex digital blocks, making key design trade-offs, and providing technical leadership across the subsystem.
• RTL Development and Design Quality: Leading RTL (Register Transfer Level) development using industry best practices. This includes handling multi-clock designs, high-frequency requirements, low power, and low latency considerations while ensuring high performance, scalability, and design robustness.
• Debugging and Post-Silicon Bring-Up: Leading root-cause analysis and resolution of complex design issues during development and supporting post-silicon bring-up activities across cross-functional teams.
• Documentation and Reviews: Creating comprehensive design documentation, driving high-quality design and architecture reviews, and ensuring clarity, maintainability, and reuse across projects.
• Design Optimization: Driving optimization for key metrics such as area, power, and performance while balancing product requirements, implementation constraints, and long-term architectural goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Mentorship: Partnering closely with DFT (Design for Testability), Implementation, Verification, Emulation, and Firmware teams, while mentoring junior engineers and influencing technical direction across the wider organization.

Skills

ASIC design

RTL design

Micro-architecture

Technical leadership

Debugging

Embedded SoC

Power optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

Master's degree in Science/Engineering

PhD in Science/Engineering

Tools

Standard digital design tools

Job description

QT Technologies Ireland Limited in Cork, Ireland, seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to provide deep technical leadership in ASIC design and SoC architecture across multiple business units. You will drive micro-architecture, RTL development, and cross-functional collaboration while mentoring engineers and influencing long-term design direction.

The role emphasizes optimization for area, power, and performance, support for post-silicon bring-up, and robust documentation.