Senior/Staff Design Engineer

Senior / Staff Logic Design Engineer - AI Silicon
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Are you an experienced RTL Design Engineer who wants to work on genuinely new processor technology rather than another incremental SoC update?
I'm working with a fast-growing semiconductor company in Eindhoven developing a new generation of AI compute and accelerator silicon. The team is building highly complex processor and SoC technology from the ground up, with a strong focus on performance, power efficiency and scalable AI workloads.
They are now looking for a Senior / Staff Logic Design Engineer to take ownership of key RTL blocks and help turn architectural concepts into production-ready silicon.
What you'll be doing
You'll work across the full front-end design flow, including:

Developing synthesizable SystemVerilog / Verilog RTL

Translating architecture and ISA requirements into microarchitecture

Designing processor, accelerator and complex SoC blocks

Integrating internal and third-party IP

Working closely with verification, architecture and physical design teams

Supporting synthesis, timing closure and PPA optimisation

Driving CDC / RDC quality and sign-off

Implementing low-power techniques including clock gating, power gating and memory power management

Supporting gate-level simulation, FPGA and emulation activity

Taking real ownership of design blocks through to tape-out

What they're looking for
You'll ideally have:

5+ years of ASIC / SoC RTL Design experience

Strong SystemVerilog or Verilog

Experience with processors, accelerators or complex SoCs

Strong microarchitecture experience

Experience with synthesis and timing-aware RTL design

Good knowledge of AMBA / AXI / AHB / APB

Strong CDC / RDC expertise

Hands-on low-power design experience

Gate-level simulation and debugging experience

At least one successful ASIC tape-out

Experience owning one or more design blocks through the development cycle

Why this is interesting
This is a chance to join a semiconductor company at a genuinely exciting point in its growth, while the core architecture and silicon platform are still being built.
You won't be joining a huge team where your work disappears into one tiny corner of the chip. You'll have meaningful ownership, work closely with architecture and verification, and contribute directly to the development of advanced AI processor and accelerator technology.
For someone who enjoys RTL design, processor architecture, complex SoCs and high-performance silicon, this is a particularly strong opportunity in the Eindhoven semiconductor market.
If you're a Senior RTL Design Engineer, Staff ASIC Design Engineer, SoC Design Engineer, Processor Design Engineer or Logic Design Engineer based in the Netherlands or interested in relocating to Eindhoven, please get in touch.