Experienced Digital IC Development Engineer, Cambridge based, £Flexible

Are you an experienced Digital IC Development Engineer looking for a new challenge?

This is an excellent opportunity for a capable Digital IC / FPGA Design Engineer to join a high calibre multi-disciplined R & D driven technology company whose IP and technology is used in high end mobile devices, drones, autonomous vehicles and consumer electronic devices around the world.

They are looking for a dynamic and ambitious IC Development engineer to join a growing team of world-class engineers, who will make their mark on ultra precise imaging and positioning control technology.

They are particularly looking for someone who is passionate, interested, and interesting and able to play a role in a highly skilled team, finding efficient ways to solve problems and ensure quality whilst balancing the needs of multiple products and projects.

You must be passionate and interested in the development of custom IC to deliver high quality RTL design, supporting relevant verification strategy and plan, with a strong knowledge of frontend and backend digital IC design flow including coverage, synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), linting, formality, GDS layout, etc.

You will need to be able to play a significant role in a highly skilled team, prioritising activities, balancing long and short-term objectives and finding efficient ways to solve problems.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop digital designs for custom IC integration – this would take the form of writing IP design specifications and coding Verilog and SystemVerilog models for simulation, synthesis and static timing analysis, creating testbenches and writing automated build scripts for simulation and verification.
• Build automated pre-silicon verification environment before sign-off and support development of embedded firmware during the early phases of a silicon development project. The role is required to integrate and partition both in-house designs and IP from third parties, and wrap with modelling logic to represent mixed signal design elements in the wider system.
• Help validate new silicon chips – engineering effort is needed to write a suite of validation tests that can be used to check the correct operation of custom silicon both in terms of electrical performance and functionality. Such tests would require a mix between CI/CD automation and manual tests where measurements would be collected from electrical test equipment.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Essential -

• 5+ years of relevant experience in the digital custom IC design development is preferable
• Degree in computer science /electronic engineering or equivalent
• Proven record in digital IC design and verification for ASIC implementation
• Strong RTL coding skills in Verilog and SystemVerilog with ability to write testbenches for simulation
• Experience in digital IC design backend flow synthesis, STA, test insertion, MBIST, formality, GDS layout etc
• Experience in EDA tools for custom IC development like Siemens Questa for simulation and verification, Synopsys DesignCompiler for synthesis and STA, Spyglass for linting, etc.
• Experience in writing IP design specifications and block level modules
• Good knowledge of UVM, SVA, VIP, and UPF for digital IC design verification

Desirable -

• Experience with unit test frameworks like pytest, build scripting, Jenkins CI/CD automation
• Familiar with Xilinx FPGA development flow and tool like Vivado and Chipscope for debugging
• An appreciation of real time embedded firmware and CPU architecture
• Good understanding of SoC architecture and integration
• A working knowledge of mixed signal circuitry
• Some PCB electronics design experiences are desirable along with general bench debug and test skills

Why apply for this job ?

You will have the opportunity to make an important contribution to a dynamic and fast growing company with a global reach, joining a genuinely friendly, capable team who are working on some really interesting and difficult problems at the software / hardware / mechanical interface. Your work will instrumental in influencing and developing products that are more advanced than anybody else’s in the world.

So, if you are an experienced IC Development Engineer who is looking for a job which is just a bit different / unusual / challenging to work on, are happy to be working in Cambridge, in a very friendly, expanding R & D company, this could be the ideal next job for you.

To apply, or for more information - Mike Jenkins on mike@bluegateconsulting.co.uk