Principal Digital Design Engineer

April 6, 2025
Reference key: ES1026
Deadline date:

Job Description

  • Negotiable
  • Permanent
  • Cork

Principal Digital Design Engineer required by Cork multinational to play a key part in designing and validating reference systems across advanced applications such as Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Automotive and Radar. As a Principal Design Engineer, you will lead SoC and subsystem-level integration for next-gen high-performance applications. Your mission will be to bring together compute, memory and interface IP to develop best-in-class reference platforms for customer delivery and internal product validation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Designing and debugging SoC reference systems for a wide array of applications

  • Integrating compute cores, memory subsystems, high-speed I/O and custom accelerators

  • Validating IP functionality and performance in real-world implementations

  • Supporting customer deployments and demos on FPGA/emulation platforms

  • Identifying design flow enhancements and providing feedback to development teams

  • Creating documentation, application notes and training materials

  • Keeping up with the latest in EDA tools, verification methods and design trends

REQUIREMENTS:

  • BS in EE/CS with 8+ years of experience, or MS in EE/CS with 4+ years of hands-on industry experience
  • Minimum 3 years in ASIC design, SoC integration or verification

  • Deep knowledge of processor systems, interconnects, high-speed interfaces or chiplet design

  • Fluent in Verilog/SystemVerilog and RTL design best practices

  • Skilled in timing closure, synthesis and verification flows

  • Proficient with UVM methodology for functional verification

  • Hands-on experience with Cadence and Synopsys EDA tools

  • Strong background in FPGA emulation, hardware bring-up and debug workflows