Senior/Principal IC Design Engineer

Leonardo
Southampton
10 months ago
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Job Description:

Leonardo have a fantastic new opportunity for a Senior/Principal Integrated Circuit (IC) Design Engineer. We design and manufacture world class infrared imaging products for use in remote sensing and thermal imaging applications including earth observation, border surveillance, search and track systems and laboratory equipment.

This role is based at our purpose built facility Southampton and offered on a hybrid basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to utilise and develop your current skills within an industry leading technology company. Working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products… Not to mention, we offer an award winning package.

About the Role

This role is within our mixed-signal IC design team, where you will work at transistor, cell or block level you will translate design requirements into verified design solutions quickly and accurately to achieve the specification and project schedule.

Key responsibility areas;

To work to design specifications To complete mixed signal design and development tasks To generate and complete rigorous design verification tasks To generate and capture verification evidence To work to design processes and procedures To complete design validation from manufactured samples To accurately prepare technical documentation Customer facing experience advantageous

About You

Successful Candidates will have;

Proven experience as an Integrated Circuit (IC) Design Engineer, working with CMOS Readout ICs or imaging devices. Strong analogue / mixed signal and/or Digital IC design skills based on formal qualifications and experience gained from working on complex IC designs. Designed block level designs from scratch, working on schematic capture and simulation of the designs. Some experience in leading projects and/or a small team Some experience in the full ROIC design flow from block level to chip level design Used the Cadence IC design suite of tools. Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team Experience leading more junior members of the team

All successful applicants must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

What we Offer

A competitive salary based on your experience and skills and an award winning benefits package that includes;

Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us. Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance) Holidays: Up to 45 days holiday …25 days, plus bank holidays and opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year. There is also an option to buy/sell leave. Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 23% total contribution) Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers) Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera Bonus Scheme: (role dependent)

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