Top Design Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Design mechanical systems for buildings, ensuring compliance with regulations. Perform calculations for heating, cooling, and drainage, and prepare design reports.

The Staff Digital Design Engineer is responsible for designing low-power digital circuits, managing the development lifecycle, mentoring juniors, and providing technical leadership in mixed-signal applications.

Lead technical delivery of HV/EHV cable system projects from concept to completion. Develop and validate cable designs, perform thermal, electromagnetic and mechanical modelling, advise on ratings and installation methods, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, provide client technical assurance, support procurement/construction/commissioning, undertake inspections and vendor oversight, mentor staff, and contribute to business development and technical standards.

Design and verify digital IC blocks for mixed-signal SOCs on advanced nodes. Develop RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog), block-level testbenches, collaborate on synthesis/timing/DFT/P&R, contribute to reviews, and mentor junior engineers. Work hybrid from Edinburgh.

Design and develop digital circuit architectures from concept through production for mixed-signal SoCs. Create block-level RTL, verify designs, perform synthesis and timing analysis, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers to ensure IP quality and delivery.

The Staff Package Design Engineer will create packaging solutions for high-performance products, collaborate with teams, and drive design improvements and validation processes.

Design and develop digital circuit architectures for mixed-signal SoCs, collaborate with systems/analog/physical/verification teams, contribute to product definition, prototype evaluation, testing and product release, and participate in design reviews and project meetings.

Lead transistor-level design and verification of low-power, high-performance mixed-signal ICs (ADCs/DACs, LDOs, PLLs, op-amps, AFEs). Perform modeling, layout oversight, post-layout simulation, lab bring-up, silicon debug, validation, and production test support.

Lead and grow the centralized IP Integration Digital team; define strategy and requirements; oversee transistor-level design, characterization, Verilog modeling, Cadence-based simulation and layout; collaborate with product, foundry, and quality teams to deliver qualified digital and I/O IP on schedule.

Lead architecture and implementation of digital architectures for IP and full SoC designs, drive RTL development, FPGA/emulation validation, DFT/DFM application, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and ensure first-pass silicon success.

Design and verify custom CMOS analog blocks like amplifiers and oscillators. Lead projects, mentor juniors, and ensure high-quality documentation and performance.

Lead the design, development, and verification of test solutions for products, collaborating with teams and ensuring quality. Utilize Lean Sigma principles to improve processes.

Lead substation primary design for HV/EHV projects (11kV–400kV) across transmission, distribution and renewables. Liaise with clients and multidisciplinary teams, produce design deliverables, specifications, feasibility studies and cost estimates, ensure compliance with National Grid/DNO and British/IEC standards, manage safety/CDM, support bids and project delivery to budget, time and quality.

Lead design and delivery of HV and EHV substation projects (11kV–400kV) including client liaison, primary plant specifications, feasibility studies, cost estimating, standards compliance, safety/CDM, interdisciplinary coordination, and bid support across transmission, distribution and renewable sectors.

Lead end-to-end physical implementation of major IP blocks or full-chip designs: floorplanning, place-and-route, clock tree synthesis, timing closure, physical verification, and automation of flows. Collaborate with RTL, DFT, verification, package, and library teams to meet PPA targets, mentor junior engineers, and drive manufacturability and sign-off across PVT corners.

Design and deliver low-power, high-performance mixed-signal ICs from specification through production. Perform system-level modeling, transistor-level circuit design, layout integration, post-layout simulation, silicon bring-up, validation, and production testing while collaborating cross-functionally.

The Principal Design Engineer will shape AI-powered product experiences, lead design discussions, collaborate with teams, and mentor designers while advancing the design system.

Design analog power management circuits at transistor level, solve complex design challenges, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Provide hands-on design support across manufacturing and production: design jigs, fixtures, tooling; produce and maintain accurate engineering drawings; resolve technical issues; support QA, procurement and test activities; maintain configuration control and promote safe working practices.

The Mobile UI/Design Engineer will enhance the Kraken app's UI with fluid, gesture-driven interactions in React Native, optimizing for performance and mentoring other engineers.

Lead the technical delivery and quality assurance of earthing and lightning protection designs for 11kV–400kV substations. Produce and review earthing studies, CDEGS models, EPR, step and touch calculations, drawings, specifications, and technical reports. Provide technical leadership, resource planning, bid support, and capability development across the HV discipline.

The Sr Principal Design Engineer will lead complex Silicon programs, define next generation Chiplets, integrate IP solutions, and guide technical teams. Responsibilities include quality assurance, planning activities, cross-functional meetings, and representing Cadence at conferences.

Lead digital architecture design for motor drive ICs, oversee implementation and validation, mentor engineers, and evolve methodologies.

Design and implement polished UI/UX at scale, improve and extend the design system, collaborate with product engineers, ship end-to-end features, iterate with user feedback, and consult on bespoke design work while balancing visual design and engineering responsibilities.

Design and implement user-facing features by combining high-quality visual design and frontend engineering. Improve and expand the design system, build flexible components, collaborate with Product Engineers, ship to users quickly, iterate from feedback, and support customer-facing issues. Work spans wireframing, UI implementation, and end-to-end technical delivery.