Engineer, Digital Design Engineering

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to cutting-edge ASIC and IP/SoC development? We are looking for an experienced Design Engineer to join our team in either Theale or Bristol. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a talented team on high-impact projects, pushing the boundaries of digital design in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. As a key technical contributor, you will work closely with ASIC engineering management to define and implement digital IP/SoC designs, and integrate these with third-party designs into customer ASICs and SoCs. You’ll be part of a multi-site development team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality designs that meet customer requirements and solving complex technical challenges. Design & Implementation: Specify, micro-architect, implement, and perform design verification for complex RTL IP blocks, from basic SoC building blocks to advanced video processing and encoding/decoding logic. Collaboration: Work closely with SoC architects to ensure designs align with project requirements and integrate seamlessly with the rest of the SoC. Technical Guidance: Provide technical advice and solutions to design, verification, physical design, silicon validation, and production test teams. Customer & Team Engagement: Analyse customer requirements and implement functional digital designs and integration flows for complex SoCs. Develop, maintain, and deploy proprietary scripts and tools for ASIC/SoC design and database management. Leverage industry-leading EDA tools for design quality assurance, power optimisation, and synthesis/timing analysis. Coach junior engineers and support them in all aspects of design activities, including coding, synthesis, debug, DFT, and backend integration. Internal: Collaborate with Engineers, Senior Engineers, Principal Engineers, Project Managers, Sales, Finance, and HR teams. Technical communication with customers (minimal), and liaising with EDA Tool Vendors, Foundries, and Assembly Houses. Degree/Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Typically, 5+ years of relevant experience in digital design and IP/SoC development. A Masters or PhD in a related subject with practical experience of 5+ years. Expertise in IP design, implementation, and verification. Strong knowledge of RTL synthesis, performance, and power analysis. In-depth understanding of digital design concepts and problem-solving capabilities. Proficient in HDL coding (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog). System design knowledge, including clock domain management, reset schemes, and power management. Experience with design checking tools (Lint, CDC, LEC). Strong communication skills and ability to provide technical guidance to junior engineers. Familiarity with ARM processor subsystems, video processing, bus protocols (AXI/AHB/ACE). Experience with low power design methodology (UPF/CPF) and synthesis/timing analysis. Experience with Tcl, Perl, Python, SystemC, IPXACT, and database management. Familiarity with Linux software frameworks.