
Principal Engineer – Silicon Logical Design
Axelera AI
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Drive technical leadership across digital design organisation
- Own and deliver organisation wide, multi year technical goals for AI accelerator SoCs
- Define system-level architectures for AI accelerator SoCs aligned to long-term strategy
- Drive system and micro-architecture specs through high-quality RTL implementation
- Deliver large, high-risk programs under tight schedules
- Lead validation, bring-up, debug, and silicon issue root-cause analysis
- Partner across architecture, verification, physical design, software, product, and DFT
- Set and enforce standards for RTL quality, reuse, and design reviews
- Mentor senior engineers and provide direct, constructive feedback
- Drive business outcomes through influence and cross-functional leadership
- Communicate clearly, lead difficult decisions, and encourage bold, accountable execution
Requirements
- Extensive experience in digital and logical design for complex SoCs with multiple successful tape outs
- Strong expertise in RTL and micro architecture development (SystemVerilog and Verilog)
- Experience with large scale SoC integration including CPUs, accelerators, memory subsystems, and interconnects
- Solid understanding of performance, power, and area trade offs in advanced process nodes
- Experience working closely with verification and physical design teams to achieve functional and timing closure
- Track record of delivering organisation wide, multi year technical initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction without direct management authority
- Strong communication skills and the ability to operate at both strategic and hands on technical levels
Benefits
- Attractive compensation package
- Pension plan
- Extensive employee insurances
- Option to get company shares
- Flexible working arrangement
- Open culture that supports creativity and continual innovation
- Collaborative ownership and freedom with responsibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
digital designlogical designAI accelerator SoCssystem-level architecturesRTL implementationSystemVerilogVerilogSoC integrationperformance trade-offstiming closure
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringcommunicationinfluencecross-functional leadershipconstructive feedbackstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingaccountabilitydecision-making