Digital System Architect CH, UK DE
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Posted: January 30, 2026
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We are seeking a Digital System Architect to join our team in Saint-Sulpice, UK, and contribute to the development of innovative chip-chip link solutions.
Required Skills
Job Description
Challenges are our drive, innovation our calling. We at Kandou are a team of passionate accomplished professionals making a mark in the semiconductor industry. We're an innovative leader in high-speed and energy efficient chip-chip link solutions critical to the evolution of the electronics industry, continuously developing to meet the demands of not just the customers of today, but of tomorrow too. If you love to be part of a high-tech scale-up and are motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.
We are actively seeking a Digital System A based in either Lausanne-Switzerland, Reading-UK or Dortmund-Germany,
Responsibility:
Write and own content of specifications at chip, block, and interface levelParticipate in standards bodies and represent company interests in those bodies.Work on cross-functional teams to implement improvement actions to optimise design cost, quality and /or schedule as appropriate
Responsibility for digital design and debug of assigned logic blocks (when appropriate).
Working closely with analog, digital and verification teams to ensure design meets architecture specifications including review and sign-off authority regarding deviations from specification
Skills:
Familiarity with SerDes architectures and associated analog circuits.Knowledge of digital and analog design flows.Proficient debug skills to identify bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionally and performanceMust possess strong communication skills including the ability to write specifications and internal/external presentations
Demonstrated team building and leadership skills, including working with cross-functional teams
Proficient at digital design using Verilog and /or VHDL
Proficient at writing algorithms for digital control of analog training functions.
Preferred Experience:
10+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry.Proven experience with decomposing and partitioning specifications between analog and digital domains to optimize design architectureExperience in leading and working with teams across different geographical sites.
Experience with representing the design team and presenting to customers.
Experience writing specifications at the chip and block levels and writing interface specifications for interfaces external and internal to the chip
Proven experience with SerDes system architectures and ecosystems
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering (equivalent or higher)
If this is the role you have been looking for and you want to be part of a growing Company, with an exciting future then we would really love to hear from you. Together We Kandou It !
Visit us at www.kandou.ai and https://www.linkedin.com/company/kandou-ai/