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Principal Digital IC Design Engineer

Location: Fareham, Hampshire (Hybrid Working Available)

Salary: £87,000 + bonus

Contract: Permanent

Visa Sponsorship is available

We’re recruiting for a Principal Digital IC Design Engineer on behalf of a high-growth semiconductor organisation operating at the forefront of advanced electronics. This is a senior individual contributor role, ideal for a recognised technical expert who wants to drive digital IC innovation while influencing architecture, methodology and best practice across complex ASIC and MCU developments.

You’ll play a key role in shaping next-generation digital designs used in safety-critical and high-performance applications, working across multidisciplinary and global engineering teams.

The Role

This position focuses on technical leadership across digital IC development, from architecture definition through to silicon validation.

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll provide deep technical expertise, guide design decisions, and act as a key contributor to complex projects, while mentoring engineers and influencing engineering standards across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Define and influence digital architecture based on system and product requirements

Lead complex digital design, implementation, verification and validation activities

Drive performance, power and area optimisation across ASIC and MCU designs

Act as a technical authority for digital IC design methodologies and best practices

Contribute to and review RTL design, verification strategies and sign-off processes

Support IP development, integration and evaluation of third-party IP

Collaborate closely with analogue, software, systems and backend teams globally

Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers across the team

Support silicon bring-up, debug, validation and failure analysis

Contribute to EDA tool evaluation and continuous improvement of design flows Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential:

Degree-qualified (BEng/MEng) in Electronics, Engineering or related discipline

Significant experience in digital or mixed-signal IC design (ASIC preferred)

Strong expertise across the full digital IC design lifecycle (specification to silicon)

Proven track record of delivering complex digital ICs or subsystems

Deep understanding of RTL design, verification methodologies and timing closure

Experience with low-power design techniques and optimisation

Strong knowledge of EDA tools and digital design flows

Experience in silicon debug and validation

Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to influence technical decisions Desirable:

Exposure to mixed-signal environments

Familiarity with full ASIC front-end and back-end flows

Knowledge of IP integration and lifecycle management

Scripting/automation experience (e.g. Python)

Experience with tools such as JIRA and Confluence Why Apply?

Salary of £87,000 plus annual bonus

Flexible hybrid working (typically 3 days on-site in Fareham)

Senior technical role with significant influence on product architecture

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge semiconductor technologies

Collaborative, innovation-driven engineering environment

Strong benefits package including pension, private medical and dental cover

Clear progression path within a growing semiconductor organisation

Visa Sponsorship available For more information or to apply, contact:

Lewis Phillips

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