Principal IC Design Engineer – £75k-£110k – Cambridge

My client is looking for an Principal IC Design Engineer to join and lead their high performing team who are working on innovative projects. Due to the success of the company, they have been expanding their team.

Principal IC Design Engineer Role and Responsibility:

• Analog/RF IC design engineer with 12+ years relevant industry experience
• Expert circuit designer: Rx/Tx, op-amps, data converters, PMU circuits, PLLs, etc.
• Expert with IC design flows from major EDA vendors
• Experience taking wireless chips to mass production
• A deep understanding of CMOS transistor operation
• Working knowledge of, or ability to learn, revision control systems such as git
• Experience with bringing up complex mixed-signal chips in a lab environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A hands-on, practical attitude

The main skills needed for the Principal IC Design Engineer role are:

• Circuit design, verification & modelling
• Chip bring up on bench
• Support of chip qualification and product engineering
• Debug of chip functional and performance problems
• Validation of simulation results against systems design
• Validation of bench measurements against systems design

Highly desirable additional skills and experience are:

• Familiarity with a GNU/Linux development environment
• Familiarity with the IEEE 802.11 standard
• Familiarity with analog modelling languages such as Verilog
• Familiarity with Matlab/Octave

Salary and Benefits:

• Salary £75,000 – £110,000 per annum (Salary depends of experience and skillset bring to the role)
• Hybrid Working 3 Days a week on-site (Flexible Start and Finish Times)
• Stock option package
• 10 days work remote from anywhere in the world
• Opportunity to work at a cutting-edge start-up company
• Chance to make a significant impact on the future of wireless technology
• Collaborative and supportive work environment
• Opportunities for annual travel to our Sydney, Australia site for development and team building activities

My client offers a 3-stage process that can be completed within 2 weeks subject to your availability.