Principal Digital Design Engineer

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As a senior engineer, you'll also be a key leader, mentoring junior colleagues and driving project activities forward.

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A world-leading Semiconductor Company on topics including the development of silicon solutions is looking to hire a Principal Digital IC Design Engineer to join their team in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

TIn this role, you'll be instrumental in developing and benchmarking embedded MCU/DSP systems, using various processor cores, and supporting product integration teams. Provide expert consultation to product integration teams on system definition, integration, and use. Coordinate with the software team on SDK development.

What you'll do: Architect, specify, and implement MCU and DSP systems, as well as hardware accelerators. Lead project activities and contribute to improving our design methodologies. Support verification and FPGA prototyping for these systems. What you'll bring: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.

At least 10 years of experience in semiconductor product development, with a proven track record of engineering leadership. Experience with embedded CPUs (e.g., ARM Cortex, DSP) and AMBA bus protocols (AHB/APB). Expertise in RTL design of digital IP blocks and systems using Verilog/SystemVerilog.

Excellent technical document writing and English communication skills (both written and verbal). Eligibility to work in Switzerland. Bonus points if you have experience with: Leadership of projects or tasks. CPU/MCU (sub)system design, SystemRDL, or IP‑XACT. Programming in Python for automation or C/C++ for embedded software.

Design intent (timing constraints/SDC, power intent/UPF). Design of accelerators and signal processing components. RTL to GDS flow (including logic synthesis, place-and-route, STA, and power analysis). Advanced digital verification methodology (e.g., UVM). Knowledge of French. #J-18808-Ljbffr