Hardware Design Engineer

Job description

Job Title: Staff GPU HW Design Engineer

Location: United Kingdom

Job Type: Permanent Full time

Salary: DOE

Role Overview:

You’ll play a crucial role in designing, debugging, and optimising complex hardware modules to achieve superior performance, efficiency, and reliability.

You must be a British Citizen. There is no visa sponsorship available for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with design, verification, and validation teams to develop advanced silicon solutions. • Prepare detailed microarchitecture design specifications and execution plans aligned with project goals.

• Perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex circuits, balancing frequency speed, area, power, and performance.

• Participate in design reviews, providing insightful recommendations for improvement.

• Maintain and enhance the design environment while tracking and resolving design bugs.

• Mentor and support graduate engineers and early-career team members, helping them navigate design challenges and learn industry best practices.

• Foster a culture of learning by contributing to training programs, knowledge-sharing sessions, and technical guidance for junior team members.

• Leverage the latest techniques, tools, and technologies in silicon design.

• Plan, schedule, and complete assigned tasks within deadlines.

• Contribute to open discussions, present technical findings effectively and regularly communicate with cross functional team members.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 10 years of industry experience

• Solid knowledge of digital integrated circuit design techniques and methodologies.

• Hands-on experience in RTL design at IP or SoC level using SystemVerilog.

• Proficiency in optimizing circuit designs and balancing key trade-offs for performance metrics.

• Expertise in ASIC or FPGA design tools and environments.

• Exposure to formal proof methodology for capturing design intent.

• Strong analytical skills, responsibility, and problem-solving capabilities.

Desired and further beneficial skills:

• Knowledge of CPU, DSP, or FPU architectures and debugging/testing strategies.

• Hands-on experience with ASIC, FPGA, and physical design tools (P&R).

• Proficiency C, SystemC, C++, Python, Perl, or TCL.

• Knowledge of place and route methodologies.

• Understanding of verification requirements through specification analysis.

• Experience in GPU/CPU design and associated methodologies such as UVM.

• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken, in English.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact me via Jessica@microtech-global.com or call me on +44 1628 206217

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

England

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