Staff System Achitect - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role spans architectural exploration, RTL design, functional verification, and synthesis to develop hardware platforms and subsystems. You will work with architects and engineering teams to turn requirements into digital hardware while balancing performance, power, and area.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain synthesizable RTL using SystemVerilog or Verilog.
- Translate architectural and functional requirements into hardware implementations.
- Develop verification environments, including testbenches, and perform functional verification.
- Integrate digital IP blocks and subsystems, including interfaces, control logic, and datapaths.
- Evaluate performance, power, and area trade-offs alongside system architects and engineering teams.
- Debug, optimize, and integrate RTL, utilizing synthesis results to assess implementation outcomes and improve workflows via automation.
What you'll need
- Experience designing and verifying synthesizable RTL using SystemVerilog or Verilog.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain testbenches and investigate functional verification issues.
- Experience using synthesis to evaluate RTL implementation results and support gate-level builds.
- Ability to analyze technical problems, communicate design decisions, and collaborate across engineering disciplines.
Nice to have
- Experience with FPGA build and implementation.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted tools or automation for hardware design, verification, or synthesis workflows.
- Knowledge of advanced verification methodologies and tools.
- Experience improving engineering processes, build methodologies, or development automation.
Skills: RTL, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Synthesis, Testbenches
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 63-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1077
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Median days open
63 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (1077 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 1077 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 121 | 3364 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 1 d | 63 d (−62 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: RTL, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Synthesis, Testbenches
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 153 open roles · median 65 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 42 d
- AMD · 80 open roles · median 43 d
- Analog Devices · 47 open roles · median 58 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 44 open roles · median 97 d
- NVIDIA · 37 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 1077 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.