Staff Digital Design Engineer
Innatera
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Architecting, designing, and implementing digital IP blocks and subsystems for our neuromorphic SoCs.
- Translating high-level product and algorithmic requirements into RTL-level specifications and microarchitectures.
- Owning all front-end design activities, including RTL coding (SystemVerilog/Verilog), synthesis, STA, simulation, and design documentation.
- Collaborating closely with verification and backend engineers to align functionality, constraints, and design intent.
- Defining and optimising PPA (Power, Performance, Area) goals across IPs and subsystems.
- Developing design flows and automation scripts (Python/shell scripting) to improve productivity and consistency.
- Applying low-power design techniques and contributing to overall SoC-level integration.
- Writing and maintaining documentation, including IP specifications, design intent, and integration guides.
- Mentoring junior engineers, contributing to code reviews, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.
Requirements
- 6+ years of hands-on ASIC digital design experience, owning complex IPs through the full lifecycle.
- Strong expertise in front-end digital design, including Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL development and debugging.
- Solid understanding of SoC architecture, bus interfaces, and IP integration flows.
- Experience performing synthesis and static timing analysis (STA) and defining timing constraints.
- Proven experience with Cadence tools and industry-standard EDA flows.
- Strong understanding of low-power design techniques and PPA trade-offs.
- Proficiency in Python and shell scripting for design flow development and automation.
- Excellent documentation skills from drafting specifications to design intent and integration documentation.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration mindset.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging abilities, with an analytical approach to complex design challenges.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Pension plan.
- A flexible working environment (work-from-home policy, flexible working hours, advantageous holidays scheme) Note: We work from the office 3 days per week or you can work remotely for this role.
- A generous holiday scheme.
- A collaborative, ambitious team with the freedom to innovate.
- An inclusive culture that values openness, curiosity, and personal growth.
- Office perks like fresh fruit, snacks, and an on-site gym.
- Statutory commuting/home allowance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ASIC digital designRTL codingSystemVerilogVerilogsynthesisstatic timing analysislow-power design techniquesPPA optimizationPythonshell scripting
Soft skills
collaborationmentoringproblem-solvingdebuggingdocumentationanalytical thinkingtechnical excellencecommunication