Staff GPU HW Design Engineer

Job Title: Staff GPU HW Design Engineer

Location: United Kingdom

Job Type: Permanent Full time

Salary: DOE

Overview

You’ll play a crucial role in designing, debugging, and optimising complex hardware modules to achieve superior performance, efficiency, and reliability.

You must be a British Citizen. There is no visa sponsorship available for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design, verification, and validation teams to develop advanced silicon solutions.
• Prepare detailed microarchitecture design specifications and execution plans aligned with project goals.
• Perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex circuits, balancing frequency speed, area, power, and performance.
• Participate in design reviews, providing insightful recommendations for improvement.
• Maintain and enhance the design environment while tracking and resolving design bugs.
• Mentor and support graduate engineers and early-career team members, helping them navigate design challenges and learn industry best practices.
• Foster a culture of learning by contributing to training programs, knowledge-sharing sessions, and technical guidance for junior team members.
• Leverage the latest techniques, tools, and technologies in silicon design.
• Plan, schedule, and complete assigned tasks within deadlines.
• Contribute to open discussions, present technical findings effectively and regularly communicate with cross-functional team members.

Experience Required

• Minimum of 10 years of industry experience
• Solid knowledge of digital integrated circuit design techniques and methodologies.
• Hands-on experience in RTL design at IP or SoC level using SystemVerilog.
• Proficiency in optimizing circuit designs and balancing key trade-offs for performance metrics.
• Expertise in ASIC or FPGA design tools and environments.
• Exposure to formal proof methodology for capturing design intent.
• Strong analytical skills, responsibility, and problem-solving capabilities.

Desired and further beneficial skills

• Knowledge of CPU, DSP, or FPU architectures and debugging/testing strategies.
• Hands-on experience with ASIC, FPGA, and physical design tools (P&R).
• Proficiency C, SystemC, C++, Python, Perl, or TCL.
• Knowledge of place and route methodologies.
• Understanding of verification requirements through specification analysis.
• Experience in GPU/CPU design and associated methodologies such as UVM.
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken, in English.

Contacts

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact me via Jessica@microtech-global.com or call me on +44 1628 206217.