Director and Founder

MicroTech Consulting
West Midlands (region), United Kingdom
Yesterday
£40,000 – £60,000 pa

Salary

£40,000 – £60,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Director
Education
Degree
Posted
1 Jun 2026 (Yesterday)

Benefits

Fully Remote High Degree of Technical Ownership Direct Impact on Real Hardware Technically Challenging Role Exposure to Full System Lifecycle

Role Overview:

Hardware Design Engineer to play a central role in the implementation, verification, and bring-up of advanced electronic and semiconductor-focused systems.

This role is highly hands-on and cross-disciplinary, spanning analogue hardware, FPGA/ASIC platforms, embedded software, and system-level test environments.


Key Responsibilities:

Digital ASIC Front-End Design

  • Design, develop, and implement digital IP blocks ranging from simple peripheral functions through to complex subsystem-level architectures.
  • Create high-quality RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog, ensuring performance, power, and area requirements are met.
  • Own IP development from specification through architecture, RTL implementation, integration, and silicon delivery.
  • Collaborate with verification engineers to develop comprehensive verification strategies and support debug activities.
  • Participate in micro-architecture definition, design reviews, and technical discussions across the development cycle.
  • Support synthesis, timing closure, and front-end design sign-off activities in collaboration with backend teams.
  • Debug and resolve RTL, integration, and system-level issues throughout the ASIC development flow.
  • Contribute to IP reuse methodologies and design best practices across multiple projects.

IP Development & Ownership

  • Take responsibility for the delivery of individual IP blocks and subsystem components.
  • Work on both basic and complex digital IP, including control logic, data processing blocks, interfaces, and system infrastructure components.
  • Develop documentation including functional specifications, design descriptions, and integration guides.
  • Support IP integration into larger SoC environments and collaborate with system architects and verification teams.
  • Engineers with previous IP ownership experience will be highly regarded.

Experience Required:

  • Minimum BSc and 4+ years of experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with electronic hardware bring-up, testing, and debugging.
  • Solid understanding of analogue and digital hardware principles.
  • Experience working with FPGA and/or ASIC-based systems in a test, validation, or integration context.
  • Practical experience developing embedded software for hardware control and testing.
  • Understanding of hardware/software co-design principles.
  • Ability to work across system boundaries and troubleshoot complex, multi-domain issues.
  • Good technical communication and documentation skills.

What’s Offered:

  • Fully remote from anywhere in the UK
  • High degree of technical ownership and responsibility, with direct impact on real hardware and delivered systems
  • A technically challenging, hands-on role with exposure to the full system lifecycle, from early bring-up to validated hardware.
  • Opportunity to work on advanced electronic and semiconductor-focused systems, spanning analogue, digital, FPGA/ASIC, and embedded software domains.

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