Senior Design Engineer

We're looking for an experienced Senior Design Engineer to join a team developing cutting-edge communications technology that will help shape the future of global connectivity.

This is an opportunity to work on next-generation 5G non-terrestrial networks developing digital hardware for satellite-based communications systems that will play a key role in delivering worldwide mobile coverage.

Working as part of a highly skilled engineering team, you'll be involved in the design and implementation of high-performance FPGA and ASIC solutions, taking products from architecture through to validation on the latest space-qualified hardware platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

Translating system and algorithm requirements into RTL micro-architectures

Designing and implementing RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog for FPGA and ASIC targets

Creating testbenches and supporting functional verification

Deploying and validating designs on FPGA development platforms

Optimising designs for performance, timing, power, and resource utilisation

Producing high-quality technical documentation

Collaborating across architecture, verification, physical implementation, and integration teams

Contributing to continuous improvement of engineering processes and design methodologies

Skills & Experience

Strong RTL design experience using Verilog and/or SystemVerilog

Proven background developing complex FPGA and ASIC designs

Experience optimising digital hardware for high-throughput signal or data processing

Knowledge of synthesis, timing analysis, and power optimisation techniques

Strong understanding of simulation and synthesis using industry-standard EDA tools

Experience producing technical design documentation

Excellent collaboration skills with multidisciplinary engineering teams

Desirable experience

Communications or wireless signal processing

Error correction, channel estimation, equalisation, or beamforming algorithms

AMBA bus protocols

UVM verification methodologies

C++ or SystemC modelling

High-speed interfaces such as PCIe or JESD

Python or other scripting languages

FPGA development using AMD/Xilinx devices

ASIC backend flows and implementation tools

Experience working within Agile or structured hardware development lifecyclesSpectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy