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# Senior Digital Design Engineer

- **Company:** IC Resources
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Digital Electronics, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Embedded Software, Formal Verification, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Software Requirements Analysis, Static Timing Analysis, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/senior-digital-design-engineer-bristol/2770461734-2/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
 * Proven experience in 3+ successful tapeouts
 * Strong understanding of cryptographic algorithms and hardware architectures
 * Proficiency in Verilog/VHDL, verification methodologies, and timing analysis
 * Knowledge of Post Quantum Cryptography concepts is highly desirable
 * Experience with RISC V microarchitectures is highly desirable
 * Background in secure hardware architectures such as Root of Trust or Secure Elements is highly desirable
 * Strong analytical and problem solving abilities

## Description

As a Digital Design Engineer, you will work across the full digital design lifecycle, collaborating with hardware and embedded software teams to deliver secure, robust, and efficient hardware implementations., * Develop and verify digital hardware modules for security critical applications, optimised for power, area, and memory

 * Implement cryptographic algorithms and security primitives in hardware (such as AES, SHA, TRNGs)
 * Apply secure design techniques and side channel resistant implementation strategies.
 * Create designs suitable for both ASIC and FPGA targets
 * Collaborate with cross functional teams to refine system requirements and specifications


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