Image Sensor Digital Design Engineer
Job Title: Image Sensor Digital Design Engineer
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Reports To: Design Center Manager
About eyeo:
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!
About the Role:
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. The role involves defining verification plans, coverage metrics, and closure targets, as well as building reusable verification components and infrastructure. 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.
Key Responsibilities
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.
* Create micro-architecture specifications for digital subsystem blocks.
* 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.
* Integrate and validate 3rd-party IP blocks and standard interfaces into the digital subsystem.
* Ensure design quality through linting, STA, CDC, and robust coding methodologies.
Mixed-Signal & System Integration
* Collaborate closely with analog, pixel, modeling and system teams to ensure seamless mixed-signal integration.
* Support the setup and execution of mixed-mode simulations.
* Support calibration engines, correction algorithms, and on-chip processing functions.
* Contribute to architecture trade-offs and system-level performance optimization.
Verification, Validation & Bring-Up
* Support functional verification activities using modern simulation and verification methodologies.
* 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.
* Support FPGA prototyping, chip bring-up, characterization, silicon validation, and post-silicon debug activities.
* Provide support during production test development and customer/post-sales technical investigations when required.
Physical Design & Implementation Support
* Support synthesis and backend implementation activities.
* Write and maintain SDC and UPF constraint files.
* Analyze, debug, and resolve timing closure and power-related implementation issues.
* Collaborate with physical design teams to optimize floorplanning, timing, and power efficiency.
Innovation & Technical Contribution
* Participate in the development and continuous improvement of design methodologies, flows, and automation.
* Contribute to innovation, IP development, and patent generation activities.
* Stay up to date with industry standards, emerging technologies, tools, and semiconductor market trends.
* Participate in technology, supplier, and EDA tool evaluations and selection.
Qualifications
Education
* Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or Physics or related field.
Experience
* 5+ years of hands-on experience in digital IC/ASIC design, preferably in CMOS image sensors or mixed-signal SoCs.
* Proven experience in digital IC development from architecture definition through RTL implementation, verification, tape-out, and silicon bring-up.
* 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.
* Hands-on experience with simulation and debugging tools such as Cadence Xcelium/IES or Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics) Questa.
* Experience with DFT methodologies and digital verification flows.
* Experience working in Linux-based development environments and scripting using Python, TCL, Shell, or Perl.
* Experience with version control systems such as Git or SVN.
Preferred Skills
* Knowledge of CMOS image sensor architectures and image signal processing pipelines.
* Familiarity with high-speed and embedded interfaces such as MIPI, LVDS, I2C, I3C, SPI….
* 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 compression algorithms and ISP architectures is a plus.
* Understanding of task estimation, planning, and development execution in collaborative engineering environments.
* Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Development/Deployment (CD) flows and associated tools.
* Familiarity with FPGA prototyping and debug flows.
Soft Skills
* Creative and proactive mindset with strong attention to detail.
* Effective communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams.
* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovation-driven start-up environment.
* Strong sense of ownership and commitment to design quality and execution.
Why Join eyeo?
* Groundbreaking Technology: Work on transformative technology with the potential to disrupt a $25 billion market and change the future of image sensing.
* Early Impact: Your contributions will directly shape the company’s success, culture, and product offerings.
* Innovation: Be part of a start-up that's pioneering new solutions in the imaging space and working on high-impact, innovative products.
* Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate, agile team where collaboration, trust, and innovation are at the heart of everything we do.
* Growth Opportunities: As eyeo scales, you’ll have opportunities to take on new challenges, responsibilities, and leadership roles within the company.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume to join@eyeo.tech.