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# Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer

- **Company:** ZENOVO LTD
- **Location:** Quorn, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £75,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Altium Designer, Systems Engineering, Code Review, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Signal Processing, Signal Integrity, Static Timing Analysis, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Fpga Hardware, ModelSim, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-digital-hardware-engineer/zenovo-ltd-job108242329

## About the Role

* Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
 * 5+ years' experience in high-speed digital hardware design.
 * Strong understanding of digital hardware design principles, including clocking strategies, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), reset architectures, and timing constraints.
 * Experience with FPGA development tools.
 * Familiarity with simulation tools including ModelSim, Questa, or similar.
 * Experience creating and executing hardware test plans.
 * Board-level debugging using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analysers and protocol analysers.
 * Strong understanding of high-speed PCB design and signal integrity.
 * Experience using Altium Designer.
 * Knowledge of designing electronics for harsh operating environments.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer to join an innovative engineering team developing advanced, high-performance electronic products. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of complex digital hardware designs from concept through to production while working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams., * Design and implement digital hardware including high-speed interfaces, signal processing and switching/routing architectures.

 * Develop, simulate and verify RTL designs, ensuring timing closure, robustness, and design correctness.
 * Define and review hardware architectures, contributing to system-level design decisions and technical trade-off analysis.
 * Produce and review technical documentation, including specifications, schematics, and hardware test plans.
 * Perform functional simulation, synthesis and static timing analysis targeting FPGA and/or ASIC technologies.
 * Collaborate with firmware, software, and systems engineers to ensure successful hardware/software integration.
 * Support hardware verification, validation, laboratory bring-up and board-level debugging.
 * Participate in design reviews, code reviews and continuous improvement of engineering processes.
 * Work closely with manufacturing teams to optimise designs for volume manufacture and test.
 * Liaise with component manufacturers and suppliers to support long-term product availability.
 * Design for reliable operation in demanding or harsh environments.