Senior SoC Digital Design Engineer

A global leader in opto-electronic applications for industrial, optical communications, aerospace and defence, life sciences, Semiconductor and consumer market and offices in multiple countries is looking for a Senior SoC Digital IC Design Engineer for one of their design centres in the North of Germany to contribute to the development of high-speed System-on-Chip devices in latest CMOS technology for industry-leading optical products including transceivers, transponders and ROADM products.

Your responsibilities as Senior SoC Digital IC Design Engineer will include the following:

• Collaborate with the chip architect on the definition of design requirements
• Create micro-architecture specifications
• Implement digital circuits for advanced CMOS technology nodes using state-of-the-art tools & methodologies
• Implement low power IP designs using System Verilog / SVA
• Run formal validation tools including Lint, CDC/RDC, X-Propagation, FPV
• Develop SDCs and collaborate with physical design engineers to meet power, performance and area goals
• Define test scenarios and collaborate with verification engineers on debugging of design issues
• Support system engineers on silicon bring-up and measurements in the lab

The successful Senior SoC Digital IC Design Engineer has the following skills and qualifications:

• Master’s degree (Dipl.-Ing.) or PhD in electrical engineering or computer science
• Minimum 5 years of experience in digital ASIC design for advanced CMOS technology nodes
• Excellent programming skills in hardware description languages (e.g. SystemVerilog)
• Excellent knowledge of state-of-the-art SoC design flows (Cadence/Synopsys/Siemens-Mentor)
• Good programming skills in scripting languages like Python, Perl, Tcl
• Expertise in binary arithmetic and HW implementation of DSP algorithms
• Application knowledge in optical communication systems would be a plus
• Expertise in verification methodologies & tools (e.g. UVM) would be a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English both internal and client-facing  and a willingness to travel occasionally

For more information and to apply, please contact Lucy with your CV and a time for an initial call.