Digital Design Engineer

Digital Design Engineer with experience of the complete Digital ASIC Design flow required by market-leading semiconductor multinational in Dublin. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering or related field 

• Good working knowledge of the complete Digital ASIC Design flow (specification, frontend RTL Design, Verification, STA, DFT and physical implementation)

• Good working knowledge of DSP concepts used in modern communications systems

• Experience implementing fixed point algorithms into RTL

• Experience with Low-power IC design techniques

• Familiarity with designing in CMOS 40nm or less nodes

• Experience with System Verilog and Verilog

• Experience with Scripting languages (C, Perl, Python)

• Very good interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work on own initiative to come up with innovative solutions

• Good communication skills - verbal & written

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation and block verification of various digital blocks and sub-systems

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver the next-generation products from concept to volume production

• Support concurrent engineering activities to ensure ongoing production of quality products with high-yield

• Support applications team to maximize revenue from current products

• Actively contribute to the generation of product specifications (block, sub-system and IC level)

• Design and document digital / DSP baseband / system blocks as required using low-power RTL coding techniques

• Perform design verification of relevant blocks / subsystems

• Work with the verification team to specify verification requirements for your designs

• Work with IC physical designers on synthesis, power optimisation, formal verification and timing closure

• Ensure that designs follow industry best practice design flows, verification techniques, Design For Test (DFT) and quality process adherence

• Perform synthesis at the block and sub-system level

• Create design and product documentation and host design reviews

• Develop test specifications and coordinate with test/product engineering to drive product releases

• Execute plans and develop test procedures

• Actively participate in silicon bring-up and characterization testing