ASIC DiGITAL DESIGN ENGINEERING ARCHITECT - DUBLIN OR CORK - IRELAND

Client

Our client a leading Multinational Semiconductor EDA Software provider requires ASIC Digital Design Engineering Architect for role based in Dublin or Cork City, Ireland.

You will be required to be onsite 4 days per week.

Role

You will develop leading edge Intellectual Property (IP) for a variety of High-Tech Markets. The IP solutions allow our Customers to tackle IP-to-SoC development in a system context, enabling them to focus on product differentiation and to reduce time to volume.

The IP Vision is to deliver industry leading IP solutions to enable our customers to be successful across these fast-moving application spaces.

The Design Engineering Architect will be based in Dublin or Cork as part of an experienced Controller IP Team with long established IP development sites in Europe, US and India.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership of complex IP such as UCIe, Ethernet, HBM and PCIe.
• Collaborate with system architects and product managers to define the architecture and specifications on standards such as UCIe, considering factors such as data rate, power consumption, and compatibility with industry standards.
• Hands‑on leadership of RTL development from micro‑architecture definition to IP sign‑off for general release.
• Contribute to planning of activities and milestones for the digital development teams.
• Leadership of cross‑functional technical meetings with Analog & Software counterparts.
• Support customer pre‑sales and post‑sales meetings.
• Develop, maintain and improve upon processes and procedures for efficient product execution, IP quality and industry best practices.
• Participate in Technical Review Meetings and Checklist Reviews as part of ISO‑9001.
• Represent in Standards Body Working Groups e.g. IEEE, PCI‑SIG, JEDEC, UCIe.
• Represent by presenting at Industry Conference such as IEEE, DAC.

Education

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, microelectronics, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 15-20 years’ experience in microelectronics industry.
• Expert in Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design essential.
• Expert in front‑end design tools covering LINT, synthesis, CDC/RDC analysis essential.
• Experience of SoC architecture and development essential.
• Experience of technical team leadership essential.
• Excellent oral and written English essential.
• Self‑motivated with excellent planning, interpersonal and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and thoroughly.

Additional Skills / Preferences

• Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV) and UVM desired.
• Experience of industry standard protocols such as AXI, CHI-C2C & CXS.B preferred.
• Experience of quality processes, such as ISO‑9001 & ISO‑26262 preferred.

Contact

For further information please contact Mícheál on Software Placements on 00353 or email