Senior Digital IC Design Engineer — RTL to Silicon

Darwin Recruitment; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment represents an innovative semiconductor company seeking a Staff / Senior Staff Digital IC Design Engineer in Singapore. The role focuses on architecture, design, optimisation and validation of high-performance digital ICs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver advanced CMOS solutions for quantum computing.

You will work on RTL architectures, synthesis-ready RTL, STA, DFT, and tapeout processes, contributing to complex digital designs from concept to silicon.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in digital IC design.
• Experience from architecture through silicon tapeout.
• Strong RTL design experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Knowledge of DFT, STA and PPA optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Develop RTL architectures and translate specs into hardware designs.
• Implement synthesis-ready RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Perform logic synthesis and optimise for Power, Performance and Area.
• Conduct Static Timing Analysis and fix timing violations.
• Implement Design for Testability, including scan and BIST.
• Collaborate with verification, physical design and DFT teams.
• Support prototyping, validation and tapeout activities.
• Translate requirements into practical semiconductor solutions.

Skills

RTL design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

PPA optimisation

STA

DFT

Tapeout

PCIe/AXI/NoC

NoC

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Darwin Recruitment represents an innovative semiconductor company seeking a Staff / Senior Staff Digital IC Design Engineer in Singapore. The role focuses on architecture, design, optimisation and validation of high-performance digital ICs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver advanced CMOS solutions for quantum computing.

You will work on RTL architectures, synthesis-ready RTL, STA, DFT, and tapeout processes, contributing to complex digital designs from concept to silicon.