Job Vacancy Principal Digital Design Engineer

Principal Digital Design Engineer – Digital Design & Verification Specialist

Location: Graz

Are you a visionary technical leader ready to shape the future of intelligent technology at the edge?

An exciting opportunity has opened up for a Principal Digital Design Engineer with expertise in Digital Design and Verification. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with a robust engineering background who thrives in complex, dynamic environments and excels at leading multidisciplinary teams to pioneer ground-breaking technology solutions.

  About the Role: In this senior-level position, the Principal Digital Design Engineer will be recognised as a trusted expert in areas such as chip design, chip verification, processor design, and TLM modelling. You’ll address challenging technical issues, collaborating with other domain specialists to deliver effective solutions in a timely manner. You will play a key role in defining project scopes, creating robust verification strategies, and designing micro-architectures aligned with product goals and industry standards.

As a Principal Digital Design Engineer, you will:
• Lead with Expertise: Take full ownership of crucial aspects of design and verification for single-chip solutions with AI capabilities, collaborating with teams across analog, digital, back-end, and software disciplines.
• Drive Strategic Planning: Coordinate and oversee large-scale projects, developing verification workflows, identifying risks, and ensuring timely delivery. You’ll lead workstreams that drive product innovation forward.
• Shape Processes and Standards: Manage the development of procedures, templates, and guidelines, continuously refining them for efficiency and adaptability based on industry trends and team feedback.
• Mentor and Develop Talent: Lead a cross-functional team, guiding both senior and junior engineers. You’ll delegate effectively, support growth, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Support as Deputy Manager: Step into a broader leadership role by assisting with human resources, programme management, operations, and branding, serving as a key point of contact when the Design Centre Manager is unavailable.
Qualifications: • Academic Background: Degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
• Industry Experience: proven experience in chip design, verification, or related fields, with demonstrated expertise in: • Conceptualising and defining verification strategies for scalable IPs and SoCs.
• Front-end design and verification, including power-aware simulations and timing closure.
• RTL design (Verilog) and verification using SystemVerilog, including UVM and TLM modelling.
• Driving verification closures through RTL and functional coverage metrics.

 

If you’re ready to make a lasting impact as a Principal Digital Design Engineer within a team dedicated to innovation at the edge, this role offers an incredible platform. Apply today or please contact Lucy Edmondson at IC Resources for further details.