Staff ASIC Design Engineer

Bristol Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

As a Staff GPU Hardware Design Engineer, you will lead the design, debugging, and optimization of complex silicon blocks to deliver top-tier performance, power efficiency, and reliability. You join a skilled team driving GPU development for next-generation mobile, smart, and connected devices. You’ll own design work, influence architecture, and help elevate technical excellence across projects. This role offers the chance to shape foundational GPU IP and work at the forefront of silicon innovation.

Pay / Benefits

competitive base salary
bonus scheme

Responsibilities

Collaborate with design, verification, and validation teams to deliver silicon solutions
Define and document micro-architecture specifications and execution plans
Analyse and optimise designs for trade-offs in frequency, area, power, and performance
Participate in design reviews with constructive, technically sound feedback
Maintain and improve the design environment, debugging and resolving issues
Plan, schedule, and deliver work packages to deadlines
Stay current with new tools, methodologies, and best practices in silicon design
Mentor graduate engineers and early-career colleagues to support their growth

Key requirements

Strong knowledge of digital IC design techniques and methodologies
Hands-on experience with RTL design at IP or SoC level using SystemVerilog
Proven ability to optimise designs across performance, power, and area constraints
Experience with ASIC or FPGA design tools and environments
Exposure to formal verification or proof methodologies to capture and validate design intent
Knowledge of CPU, DSP, or FPU architectures, including debug and test strategies
Proficiency in C, SystemC, C++, Python, Perl, or TCL
Understanding of verification requirements derived from architectural and functional specifications
Experience with GPU or CPU design methodologies, including UVM