Senior Principal Digital IC Design Engineer

• Semi-Conductor, Electronic Development, R&D
  
  • Leading semiconductor manufacturer in Switzerland

About Our Client

Our client develops MCU and DSP systems as well as hardware accelerators that are used on automotive and industrial end-markets. The company is accelerating change in vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation and cloud infrastructure.

As a Sr Digital IC Design Engineer, you will join their R&D center in the canton of Neuchâtel.

Job Description

Main missions of the Principal Digital IC Design Engineer :

• Lead project activities and mentor lessa team of engineers,
• Architect, specify, implement, simulate, and benchmark MCU and DSP systems as well as hardware accelerators,
• Contribute to design methodology and design flow improvements,
• Consult the product integration teams in the definition, the integration and use of these systems,
• Participate to the verification and FPGA prototyping of these systems,
• Coordinate the SDK development with the software team,

The Successful Applicant

Ideally the successful candidate has these set of skills :

• Academic background in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field,
• At least 5/8 years of relevant work experience in semiconductor product development, including engineering leadership,
• Experience with embedded CPUs (ARM Cortex, DSP), AMBA bus protocols (AHB/APB),
• RTL design of digital IP blocks and systems in Verilog/SystemVerilog,
• Knowledge of design intents (timing constraints/SDC, power intent/UPF),
• Strong technical document writing skills,
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. French will be a plus.

Nice to have includes, experience in :

• Design of CPU/MCU (sub)systems, SystemRDL or IP-XACT
• Programming in Python for automation and in C/C++ for embedded software
• Design of accelerators and signal processing components
• RTL to GDS flow, including logic synthesis, place-and-route, STA, power analysis
• Advanced digital verification methodology (e.g. UVM)

What's on Offer

Benefits and salary on demand.

Contact

Charly Ble

Quote job ref

JN-092024-6545051

Job Function

Engineering & Manufacturing

Specialisation

Electronic Engineering

Industry

Industrial / Manufacturing

Location

Neuchâtel

Contract Type

Permanent

Consultant name

Charly Ble

Job Reference

JN-092024-6545051

Job Nature

Home Office