Senior Staff Digital IC Design Engineer

Role Overview:

• Have in depth knowledge and understanding of best-practice digital design methods.
• Be an expert at executing designs via a fully synthesised digital design flow with RTL and logic synthesis.
• Be fully conversant with the SystemVerilog standard and digital EDA tools.
• Be familiar with the use of constraints and the automatic place-and-route flow for the physical design.
• Understand the importance of production test and have experience of design methods to maximize digital test coverage such as scan.
• Have experience of design techniques for optimising digital power consumption.
• Have experience of debugging digital functions in a lab using suitable test equipment (e.g. mixed-signal oscilloscopes).
• Have experience with scripting languages such as TCL/Python.
• Have experience producing accurate and complete documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Development of functional digital blocks and contribution to complete mixed signal ASICs from definition to full production maturity.
• Support the Product Definition team with feasibility study, product architecture definition and digital blocks design for FPGA emulation.
• Complete RTL design in SystemVerilog of digital functions to meet all system requirements.
• Create suitable block-level test benches for comprehensive verification of all digital blocks.
• Create suitable behavioural models and top-level test benches for comprehensive verification and regression of all system-level functions and production test functions.
• Complete digital synthesis with suitable physical constraints to meet all PPA requirements.
• Define and implement DFT architecture. Perform scan insertion, ATPG and insert test points to achieve the required test coverage.
• Oversee digital place-and-route, and ensure post-layout timing closure.
• Generate all necessary design documentation and participate in design reviews.
• Lead and oversee other team members to achieve the above.
• Take a lead in digital design methodology improvements within the company

Experience Required:

• MSc/MEng or PhD in Electronics Engineering or related subject.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in digital IC design using standard cell libraries.