Image Sensor Digital Design Engineer
Image Sensor Digital Design Engineer
Reports To: Design Center Manager
eyeo is an innovative, fast-growing start-up that brings groundbreaking technology in the image sensor space. Our advanced color splitter technology has the potential to disrupt a $25 billion market in the coming years, enabling transformative advancements across industries such as consumer electronics, automotive, medical imaging, and surveillance. You will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of our product offerings and contribute directly to our mission of revolutionizing the imaging technology sector. If you're passionate about driving innovation and want to build the future of imaging, we want you on our team!
As Image Sensor Digital Verification Engineer, you will be responsible for verifying complex digital circuits integrated into the sensor’s digital architecture, ensuring robust functionality, performance, and quality throughout the development cycle.
You will develop and execute verification strategies at both block and top level, including constrained-random and directed test environments. You will run simulations and regressions, analyze and debug failures, and work closely with digital design engineers to resolve issues efficiently and improve overall design quality.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical rigor with creativity and adaptability, thrives in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment, and is motivated by contributing to breakthrough imaging technologies.
Digital Architecture & RTL Design
Define and implement digital blocks such as timing controllers, sequencers, control logic, and data-path architectures for advanced CMOS image sensor and mixed-signal ASIC products.
Design, implement, and debug RTL logic (Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog) with strong attention to power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization.
Develop low-power, high-speed digital designs optimized for image sensor performance and system integration.
Ensure design quality through linting, STA, CDC, and robust coding methodologies.
Collaborate closely with analog, pixel, modeling and system teams to ensure seamless mixed-signal integration.
Support calibration engines, correction algorithms, and on-chip processing functions.
Collaborate closely with verification engineers to define verification plans, metrics, coverage goals, and validation scenarios.
Implement or support Design-for-Test (DFT) methodologies including BIST, scan insertion support, vector scanning, and boundary scan support.
Provide support during production test development and customer/post-sales technical investigations when required.
Physical Design & Implementation Support
Support synthesis and backend implementation activities.
Collaborate with physical design teams to optimize floorplanning, timing, and power efficiency.
Participate in the development and continuous improvement of design methodologies, flows, and automation.
Stay up to date with industry standards, emerging technologies, tools, and semiconductor market trends.
Participate in technology, supplier, and EDA tool evaluations and selection.
Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or Physics or related field.
5+ years of hands-on experience in digital IC/ASIC design, preferably in CMOS image sensors or mixed-signal SoCs.
~ Strong experience in RTL design using Verilog and/or VHDL.
~ Solid understanding of ASIC development flows including synthesis, STA, linting, timing closure, and low-power design techniques.
~ Experience working in Linux-based development environments and scripting using Python, TCL, Shell, or Perl.
~ Experience with SystemVerilog, SystemC, C/C++, or High-Level Synthesis tools is a plus.
Knowledge of ASIC/CMOS fabrication technologies and physical design considerations.
Understanding of task estimation, planning, and development execution in collaborative engineering environments.
Creative and proactive mindset with strong attention to detail.
Effective communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams.
Strong sense of ownership and commitment to design quality and execution.
Groundbreaking Technology: Work on transformative technology with the potential to disrupt a $25 billion market and change the future of image sensing.
Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate, agile team where collaboration, trust, and innovation are at the heart of everything we do.
Please submit your resume to join@eyeo.tech.