Senior RTL Design Engineer

Job Title

Senior RTL Design Engineer

Role Summary

Join a specialist, multi-disciplinary team in Bristol to develop digital IP used across Physical AI, Automotive, Edge and Infrastructure computing. The role focuses on delivering high-quality RTL implementations and collaborating with architects, verification, back-end and subsystem teams to meet functional, performance, area and power requirements.

Experience Level

Senior level. Years of experience not specified; requires demonstrated senior RTL and micro-architecture experience.

Responsibilities

The role's core responsibilities include:

• Analyse specifications and collaborate with architects to refine implementation choices.
• Plan, track and coordinate tasks for yourself and the team.
• Implement synthesizable RTL (SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL) for complex datapath designs.
• Work with verification, back-end implementation, performance and power teams to meet functional, timing, area, power and integration requirements.
• Improve design methodology and adapt flows to evolving project needs.

Requirements

Must-have:

• Proven track record of micro-architecture and RTL design using SystemVerilog, Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with ASIC or FPGA design methodology, signoff methods, synthesis and timing analysis.
• Ability to navigate high-level design trade-offs and explain the rationale for decisions.
• Familiarity with static design checks and power management techniques.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Knowledge of memory system interconnects (AMBA ACE-Lite, AXI), PCIe, I/O virtualization and address translation.
• Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA), formal verification and hardware verification languages.
• Scripting experience (Perl, Tcl, C shell, Python).
• Understanding of Functional Safety methodologies.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.