Sr PRINCIPAL DIGITAL FRONT-END DESIGN ENGINEER – EDINBURGH – SCOTLAND

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Location: City of Edinburgh
Job Description:

Client: Our client a leading Multinational Semiconductor Company requires a Senior Principal Digital Front- End Design Engineer for role based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

You will be required to be onsite 4 days per week.

Role

You will be apart of an experienced Front-End Engineering Team, working with Global Chiplet team in Europe, India and the USA.

Responsibilities

  • Technical leadership of complex Silicon programs consisting of leading-edge IP
  • Work closely with our Chiplet Architecture team to define next generation Chiplets
  • Integration of Cadence IP Solutions e.g. UCIe, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, NPU, Audio, Vision
  • Integration of partner IP Solutions e.g. CPUs, ISP, Silicon Monitors, NoCs
  • Hands-on leadership of RTL, Testbench, Formal Analysis and Trial Synthesis activities
  • Quality Assurance, via implementation of hierarchical LINT, CDC and release flows
  • Planning of activities and milestones for Chiplet Subsystems and System IP development
  • Leadership of cross-functional technical meetings with domain leads e.g. Verification, SW
  • Support customer pre-sales and post-sales meetings
  • Participate in Technical Review Meetings and Checklist Reviews as part of ISO-9001
  • Representby presenting at Industry Conferences such as IEEE, DAC, CDNLive

Job Qualifications

  • Degree inElectrical/ElectronicEngineering, Microelectronics, or a related discipline
  • 12+ years’ experience in microelectronics/EDA industry
  • Experience of Verilog RTL Design essential
  • Experience of Metric Driven Verification (MDV) essential
  • Experience of Front-end design tools covering LINT, Synthesis, CDC Analysis essential
  • Experience of SoC Architecture and Development essential
  • Experience of Technical Team leadership essential
  • Excellent oral and written English essential
  • Self-motivated with excellent planning, interpersonal, and communication skills

Additional Skills/Preferences

  • Experience of AMBA, PCIe, CXL & UCIe protocols preferred
  • Experience of Quality processes, such as ISO-9001 & ISO-26262 preferred

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Posted: May 31st, 2026