{"id":172598,"date":"2026-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ic-resources.com\/jobs\/senior-rtl-engineer-cpu-483828\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:05:48","slug":"senior-rtl-engineer-cpu-483828","status":"publish","type":"jobs","link":"https:\/\/ic-resources.com\/en\/jobs\/senior-rtl-engineer-cpu-483828\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior RTL Engineer &#8211; CPU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>Senior RTL Design Engineer &#8211; CPU<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">This is an exceptional opportunity to join a global pioneer in next-generation processor technology. My client is a leading semiconductor company at the forefront of CPU innovation, developing advanced compute platforms that are shaping the future of high-performance computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">With significant investment, an ambitious product roadmap, and technically challenging projects, this is an environment where engineers have the opportunity to solve complex problems and influence the future of processor design. Their technology enables some of the world&#8217;s most demanding applications across artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, data centres, mobile, and consumer electronics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Built around a highly scalable, open processor architecture, they are redefining modern chip design by giving customers greater flexibility while delivering exceptional performance and power efficiency. As the business continues to grow globally, they are looking for a Senior RTL Design Engineer to help develop the next generation of world-class processor IP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>The role<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">As a Senior RTL Design Engineer, you will join a team of highly talented engineers responsible for designing industry-leading CPU cores. You&#8217;ll work across the full design lifecycle, contributing to cutting-edge processor development and collaborating with world-class architects and design engineers on technically demanding projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>Core requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-top: 0px\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Bachelor&#8217;s or Master&#8217;s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent industry experience)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">3+ years&#8217; experience in RTL design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Academic or commercial experience in CPU RTL design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Strong RTL design skills using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">A solid software engineering background, including experience with:<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-top: 0px\" type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Object-oriented and functional programming paradigms \u2013 C,C++,Python<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Compiler infrastructures, particularly domain-specific languages (DSLs)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Test-driven development and writing adaptive unit tests<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Excellent attention to detail and a passion for producing high-quality, robust designs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>Desirable experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-top: 0px\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Knowledge of RISC-V architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Expertise in one or more CPU microarchitecture areas, including:<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-top: 0px\" type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Instruction Fetch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Instruction Decode<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Register Renaming<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Instruction Scheduling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Vector Processing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Load-Store Units<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Knowledge of verification methodologies, including testbench development, UVM, and functional coverage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>Why join?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">This is an opportunity to work on technology that is helping shape the future of compute. You&#8217;ll collaborate with some of the industry&#8217;s leading CPU engineers, tackle challenging architectural problems, and contribute to products that will power tomorrow&#8217;s AI, cloud, automotive, and embedded systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">The engineering culture is highly collaborative, technically focused, and gives engineers genuine ownership over their work while encouraging innovation and continuous learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>Package<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Alongside a highly competitive base salary, you can expect:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-top: 0px\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Annual bonus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Company share options\/equity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Comprehensive benefits package<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm;margin-right: 0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">The opportunity to work on world-leading processor technology with exceptional career development prospects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\"><strong>Relocation support is available for experienced CPU design engineers across Europe. 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