Senior Digital IC Design Front End Engineer

Location:

(3001) Belgium

Salary:

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Type:

Permanent

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Advertiser:

microTECH Global Ltd

Job ID:

131898004

Posted On:

12 May 2025

Job Title: Senior Digital IC Design Front End Engineer
Position: Full time, permanent
Location: Leuven, Belgium
Salary Range: Negotiable
Client Information:
Leading telecom solutions provider with strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies.
Join the creation of next generation RF chips and transceivers.
Responsibilities:
-Integrate legacy control and data path designs into new products
-Update and verify legacy designs to meet new product requirements
-Design and verify new ultra-high-speed DSP blocks for next-generation products
-Collaborate with System Engineers to understand specification requirements and discuss power trade-offs
-Work closely with the physical implementation team to enhance design and flow processes

This role includes technical leadership, requiring strong hands-on expertise, excellent teamwork skills, and a commitment to high technical performance, product and process quality, and meeting project schedules.
Education and experience:
Education: MSEE or equivalent with a minimum of 3 to 5 years of industrial experience in digital front-end design

RTL & Verification:
•Strong knowledge of Verilog and SystemVerilog for design and verification
•Solid experience with RTL coding and linting
•Understanding of simulation concepts such as regression testing, UVM, functional coverage, and assertions
•Experience with delay-annotated gate-level simulation

Design & Implementation:
•Knowledge of DFT, ATPG, and OCC
•Familiarity with CDC issues
•Understanding of UPF intents and techniques for low-power design
•Experience in implementing high-speed pipelined FIR DSP structures (a plus)

Formal Verification (Preferred):
•Experience with formal linting, sequential equivalence checking, and assertion-based verification

Programming & Scripting:
•Proficiency in C/C++/SystemC for RTL verification
•Strong experience with Python and TCL scripting

Technical Skills & Tools:
•Comfortable working in a Linux command-line environment
•Proficient in Windows MS Office for reporting and documentation

Soft Skills & Work Ethic:
•Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
•Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
•Result-driven with a continuous drive for improvement
•Determined and detail-oriented approach to problem-solving

Location: Must be willing to relocate to Leuven (Belgium) region

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