RTL Design Engineer - CPU / Low-Power / High-Performance

Job description

RTL Design Engineer - CPU / Low-Power / High-Performance

We are currently partnered with an industry leading semiconductor giant in the UK looking to expand their team in the UK with an experienced RTL Design Engineer to work on the development of high-performance, low-power CPU cores for the next generation of premium mobile and IoT devices.

This is a permanent position in Cambridge. - Please note, this is a fully onsite role.

Key responsibilities for this RTL Design Engineer position:

• Collaborate with the modeling team to explore and implement high-performance CPU strategies.
• Transform high-level architectural research into detailed, implementable technical specifications.
• Design, assess, and refine RTL (Verilog/VHDL) to hit aggressive timing, area, and power goals.
• Partner with the DV team to ensure the design meets both functional correctness and performance benchmarks.
• Work with physical design teams to validate timing, reliability, and testability for tape-out.

Key requirements:

• Thorough knowledge of areas like Instruction Fetch/Decode, Out-of-Order Execution, and Memory Subsystems.
• Strong proficiency in Verilog and/or VHDL and waveform debugging.
• Solid understanding of logic design principles and their implications on timing and power.
• Understanding of register renaming, instruction scheduling, and speculative execution.
• Experience using Python or Perl for design automation and analysis.

Keywords: CPU Design / RTL Engineer / Verilog / VHDL / Micro-architecture / Out-of-Order Execution / Low Power Design / PPA / Instruction Fetch / Logic Design / Python / Perl / Cambridge / Semiconductor

If you are interested in this RTL Design Engineer position, please send a CV to ts@eu-recruit.com

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Cambridge

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

25-01-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English