R&D Design Manager (ASIC - FPGA HW, CPU Architecture & SW)

Working for a major player in the semiconductor industry...This is a unique and complex technical management position. It would suit a senior level design engineer / architect or team lead / manager, who wants to progress their career in a brand new, and technically highly-challenging ASIC IP development environment.

Within the role, you would be responsible for guiding a team of highly skilled software and hardware engineers - across design, verification, architecture and software development & integration for complex semiconductor products.

Applicants MUST have EU working rights / ability to work in France, as sponsorship is not preferred.

I am looking to speak with senior level - technical / leadership engineers with a background in high-speed digital products and / or CPU or processor related technologies.

Must have skills:

• University degree - BSc / MSc / PhD in Electronics, Microelectronics, Physics or Computer Science
• Industry experience in RTL design / RTL coding / digital design / hardware design - for FPGA / ASIC (VHDL and / or Verilog, System verilog)
• Architecture / micro-architecture
• System design & integration, system architecture
• SOC / IP integration for complex embedded processors - ARM / RISC-V
• Good communication skills in French & English
• Strong design experience within any of the following: Memory Systems - DDR / HBM, cache coherency / embedded CPU, firmware, Custom ISA
• Skills in system C / C / C++ / high level synthesis
• Excellent coding and automation skills - APIs, CI/CD, DevOps, OpenCL etc
• performance / modelling/ simulation
• memory systems - DDR, HBM
• Experience in Graphics, AI or CPU Processor designs would be preferred; however our client is open to reviewing individual profiles who have experience in one or more of the following areas: e.g. lidar sensors / IPU / IMU / VPU - vision processors / AI vision sensors / hardware accelerators / VPU - vectors / GPU algorithms / computer arithmetic

Bonus / "nice-to-have" skills:

• Definition of complex architecture
• High-speed digital connectivity and protocols - Serdes, ethernet, USB, PCIe, AMBA / AXI, MAC, PHY, cache coherency - MESI, CHI
• CPU / GPU / VPU / RISC-V architecture
• Digital Verification (UVM / system verilog)
• Formal verification methods - Jasper Gold, C / system C
• Testing / validation
• Matlab / Simulink modelling experience

PLEASE NOTE - applicants will only be considered for this position IF they can demonstrate previous project or technical delivery success. So if you are interested, qualified, and want to apply - then please have specific examples ready to discuss!