SPARKGRID PTE. LTD. Hiring! Full Time Senior RTL - Digital IC Design Engineer in West Region (Singapore), Earn up to SGD 10,000 - Ricebowl

About the Role
We are seeking a Senior RTL / Digital IC Design Engineer to develop high-performance digital logic for Optical DSP (ODSP) and communication ASIC products. The successful candidate will be responsible for RTL implementation, micro-architecture development, integration, and silicon bring-up support for next-generation optical interconnect devices.

• Translate architectural and algorithm specifications into efficient micro-architecture implementations.

• Own RTL development from specification through coding, integration, synthesis support, and tapeout.

• Design high-speed, low-latency, and power-efficient digital logic for communication and optical networking applications.

• Collaborate closely with architecture, DSP, verification, physical design, DFT, and firmware teams.

• Drive RTL quality through lint, CDC, reset-domain analysis, and design reviews.

• Support synthesis, timing closure, power optimization, and PPA trade-off analysis.

• Debug functional and integration issues during simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, and silicon bring-up.

• Develop and maintain design documentation, micro-architecture specifications, and coding guidelines.

• Mentor junior RTL engineers and contribute to design methodology improvements.
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.

• 5+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC RTL design.

• Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals, micro-architecture, pipelining, timing, and clocking concepts.

• Experience participating in one or more successful ASIC tapeouts.

SparkGrid is an optical interconnect company focused on next-generation Optical DSP (ODSP) and Photonic IC technologies. The company operates across multiple jurisdictions and supports customers and partners globally.