Hardware Design Manager
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Overview
In this role you lead and grow the RTL and digital hardware engineering function, shaping how the team delivers advanced ASIC and FPGA work. You will align engineering with architecture, project managers, and senior stakeholders to ensure high-quality hardware delivery at scale. You drive development processes, modern methods, and AI-assisted tooling to accelerate delivery and improve efficiency. The position sits at the intersection of technical depth and people leadership, offering the chance to build high-performing teams across multiple locations. This is a strategic role that influences the engineering organisation’s growth and roadmap.
Responsibilities- Lead and develop a growing RTL / Digital Hardware engineering organisation
- Manage engineering teams across multiple locations
- Recruit, mentor and develop high-performing engineers
- Provide technical leadership across ASIC and FPGA development
- Improve engineering processes, methodologies and design flows
- Drive adoption of automation and AI-assisted engineering tools
- Collaborate with architects, project managers and senior stakeholders
- Support technology and product roadmap development
- Own engineering quality, performance and hardware delivery
- Proven experience leading and growing digital hardware / RTL engineering teams
- Strong technical background in ASIC and/or FPGA development
- Experience across architecture, RTL design and verification
- Track record of recruiting, developing and retaining engineering talent
- Strong knowledge of hardware development methodologies and design flows
- Ability to balance technical leadership, people development and project delivery
- People leadership
- Cross-location collaboration
- Stakeholder engagement
- ASIC development
- FPGA development
- RTL design and verification
Reference: WJ-747_31054744