Senior Digital IC Design Engineer

Cambridge, UK

Competitive salary + benefits | Sponsorship available

Do you enjoy seeing your RTL design come to life on the lab bench?

Are you the kind of engineer who’s curious about what happens beyond your block — who wants to own the full design journey, not just write code in a corner?

We’re partnered with a well-established mixed-signal semiconductor company that’s looking to hire a Senior Digital IC Design Engineer into its Cambridge team. This isn’t a narrow RTL-only role. Here, digital is the core of the chip, and you’ll have end-to-end involvement — from concept and architecture, through FPGA emulation and lab bring-up, to silicon.

Why this role stands out

• You won’t just hand off RTL and hope for the best.
• You’ll work across analog–digital partitioning, fault detection logic, state machines, telemetry, and system control.
• You’ll be in the lab, proving your ideas on real silicon — not just simulations.
• You’ll develop breadth, not just depth: the digital cores are the nexus of these mixed-signal chips, tying everything together.

What you’ll be doing

• End-to-end RTL design using Verilog / SystemVerilog
• Designing synchronous and asynchronous state machines and control logic
• Working on analog/digital partitioning and functional modelling
• FPGA emulation, lab validation, post-design analysis, and place & route support
• Collaborating closely with analog, systems, and test teams

What we’re looking for

• 3–8+ years of digital IC design experience (flexible on seniority)
• Strong RTL design skills and a solid grasp of asynchronous and synchronous systems
• Comfortable getting hands-on with lab equipment and oscilloscopes
• Inquisitive mindset, ownership mentality, and interest in system-level design
• Familiarity or interest in DFT, synthesis, and P&R flows

Why join?

• Work on real silicon where your designs are central to the product.
• True end-to-end ownership, not just front-end RTL.
• Hands-on lab work and exposure to analog/digital interaction.
• Sponsorship and relocation support available.
• Opportunity to grow into a systems engineering role over time (if you want to).

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