Front-End Design Engineer

Job Title

Front-End Design Engineer

Role Summary

Design and deliver front-end digital IP and SoC RTL for Wi‑Fi System-on-Chips, working from requirements and architecture through RTL implementation, verification, integration and tape-out.

Collaborate with architecture, verification, software, DFT and implementation teams to meet functionality, performance and low-power targets.

Experience Level

Experienced / Mid-level engineering role. The posting targets engineers with prior digital IC or SoC design experience.

Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include:

• Front-end design and RTL implementation of digital IP, subsystems and SoCs.
• Develop and maintain verification environments and RTL testbenches.
• Integrate IP blocks and drive SoC-level integration with cross-functional teams.
• Support synthesis, static timing analysis, clock-domain crossing and timing closure.
• Implement and optimise low-power design techniques and UPF flows.
• Prepare technical specifications and support ASIC/FPGA prototyping and tape-out activities.
• Debug LEC and VCLP violations and support design sign-off.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to peers.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• Practical experience in digital IC design, verification, synthesis or static timing analysis.
• Strong understanding of RTL design and verification principles, SoC implementation, synthesis and STA.
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog, Verilog and VHDL.
• Experience with RTL implementation flows, synthesis tools, timing closure and CDC handling.
• Familiarity with low-power flows, UPF and DFT concepts.
• Proficiency diagnosing LEC and VCLP issues and supporting coverage-driven verification sign-off.
• Scripting skills (Tcl, Python) and experience in a Linux environment; familiarity with EDA toolchains.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Education Requirements

BSc or MSc in Electronics Engineering or similar.

About the Company

Company: Nordic Semiconductor

Headquarters: Trondheim, Norway

Norwegian fabless semiconductor company that designs low-power wireless connectivity solutions and system-on-chips (SoCs) for IoT, including Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, Zigbee, LTE-M/NB-IoT, Wi‑Fi, and cloud services (nRF Cloud).