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• London N
• Posted 9th Mar 2010
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• Posted by: i4 Recruitment Account
• Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum
• Job Type: Permanent
• Reference: i4r-2222020362
• This job has been viewed 78 times since it was posted.

Job Description

Job Title: Principlal IC Design Engineer Location: London Salary: GBP35,000-GBP50,000

Purpose:

To enhance my clients competitive position by delivering custom integrated circuits and contributing to ‘stakeholder’ integratedcircuits (designed by partner companies), · To significantly contribute to our custom analogue and mixed signal IC development activities between the stages of feasibility studies, schematic design (including simulation) and layout, · To support other engineers in contributing circuit designs · To work alongside marketing, systems and product design teams to help specify new devices and identify appropriate technologies, providing specialist IC guidance, · To identify and interface with suppliers and partners needed to complete the IC design, delivery and test processes. · Support Lab evaluations during test and de-bug phases.

Person Specification: Skills and knowledge:

· Experience of IC design tools and methodologies , especially Cadence experience · Familiarity with each stage of an analogue IC design specification, implementation and simulation/test is desirable · Familiarity with test methods, equipment and de-bug techniques is desirable. Personal Attributes: · Attention to detail and desire for excellence tempered with pragmatism · An ability to earn the respect of peers and contribute specific expertise in a team context · A bold approach, willing to take initiative and be innovative · Team Player with good pro-active communication skill · Willing to learn and take on new challenges

Key competencies: · An excellent ability to design low noise and high precision analogue or mixed signal circuits for integration, · An excellent ability in circuit theory , circuit architectures and a good understanding of device physics · A good understanding of the capabilities and limits of contemporary linear and non-linear circuit simulation methods, · Experience of formal and less formal processes for top-level IC design integration and the management of technical risk, · An ability to communicate well with experts from other disciplines, · A good ability in written communication, · Desirably, some ability in small-scale digital design, implementation and test. · A thorough understanding of IC process technology, especially CMOS and BiCMOS. · Methodical approach to design and root-cause analysis during debug and Silicon/Product Evaluation · Efficient use of necessary IC design tools and methodologies, especially Cadence. Work experience: · An IC Design Engineer position in an analogue or ideally mixedsignal IC design team