Cirrus Logic is seeking highly skilled Digital IC Design Engineers to join product development teams within the successful High performance mixed-signal R&D division, responsible for developing industry leading SOCs for global consumer mobile markets. In return, we offer an incredible work culture where individual value is key, along with personal/professional development dictated by you. Working at the forefront of technology, this role is based in our Edinburgh office.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with a team of engineers with responsibility for the delivery of complex mixed-signal products and IPs
- Design and develop new digital circuit architectures on advanced process nodes including development of block level testbenches
- Contribute to technical reviews and ensure IP quality using checklists
- Influence the growth of the group through recruitment, mentoring, review, and supervision of junior engineers.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s, Master's or Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering and/or equivalent with an extensive proven background in digital CMOS circuit design
- Implementation of complex digital circuits and sub-systems in RTL using Verilog / SystemVerilog
- Understanding of digital system-level design, including use of standard bus protocols, bus architecture design and chip-level clock and reset architectures.
- Verification of block-level digital designs
- Understanding of synthesis and timing analysis of digital circuits; collaboration with DFT and Place and Route team
- Good understanding of Linting, CDC and RDC tools
- Good interpersonal skills, share technical expertise and knowledge, contribute to design reviews, work optimally to resolve conflicts.
- Organised, detailed, and meticulous with strong communication skills.
- Self-motivated with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work with a sense of urgency and thrive in a dynamic environment.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- An understanding, appreciation, and passion for mixed signal engineering
- Experience working within UVM based verification environments.
- Scripting and automation of design tasks
- Experience with AMBA, SPI, I2C protocols
- Experience of targeting industry standard FPGA platforms
- DSP filter design using MATLAB and signal analysis techniques.
- Lab and silicon validation skills; Experience of chip bring-up and debug from design perspective.
- Board level interface standards and interface design
- Experience with clock generation circuits and handling multiple clock domains.
- Experience with Power gating and low power design techniques
- Experience with ARM, 8051 microcontrollers as well as memory controllers
Skills Required
- Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Extensive proven background in digital CMOS circuit design
- Implementation of complex digital circuits and sub-systems in RTL using Verilog / SystemVerilog
- Understanding of digital system-level design, including standard bus protocols, bus architecture, chip-level clock and reset architectures
- Verification of block-level digital designs
- Understanding of synthesis and timing analysis of digital circuits and collaboration with DFT and Place and Route teams
- Good understanding of linting, CDC and RDC tools
- Strong interpersonal, communication, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work with a sense of urgency and thrive in a dynamic environment
- Based within commutable distance of Edinburgh office or willing to relocate prior to employment
- Must be able to access technical data without requirement for an export license; employer cannot sponsor or obtain export licenses for this role
- Appreciation and passion for mixed-signal engineering
- Experience working within UVM-based verification environments
- Scripting and automation of design tasks
- Experience with AMBA, SPI, I2C protocols
- Experience targeting industry standard FPGA platforms
- DSP filter design using MATLAB and signal analysis techniques
- Lab and silicon validation skills; chip bring-up and debug from design perspective
- Board-level interface standards and interface design experience
- Experience with clock generation circuits and handling multiple clock domains
- Experience with power gating and low power design techniques
- Experience with ARM, 8051 microcontrollers and memory controllers
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What We Do
Cirrus Logic is a leading supplier of low-power, high-precision mixed-signal processing solutions for mobile and consumer applications. The company has a robust portfolio of sophisticated low-power products, including boosted amplifiers, smart codecs, camera controllers, haptic driver and sensing solutions, power conversion and control Integrated Circuits, and fast-charging Integrated Circuits. These solutions have innovative technology, software and associated algorithms incorporated. With a strong intellectual property portfolio and extensive mixed-signal expertise, Cirrus Logic is well-positioned to drive innovation and growth in the evolving markets of audio and high-performance mixed-signal processing technologies. We are hiring like crazy! Please visit our careers portal at cirrus.jobs to check out our available openings!
Why Work With Us
Engineering drives our company, and innovation isn’t just encouraged – it’s expected! This is a culture where you get to work with some of the largest, most innovative customers and products on the planet on a daily basis and where everyone is a key contributor to the company’s success. There are no Miltons here!
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