Senior/Principal Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

The Sensata design centre in Swindon develops integrated circuits and MEMS solutions for a wide range of applications, working with our customers to take designs from specification to qualified silicon. Our engineers form a multidisciplinary team of electronics experts, who push the bounds of their experience to deliver each new project.
Reporting to the ASIC Design Manager, the Senior/Principal Mixed Signal Design Engineer is responsible for the technical leadership, high-level simulation and block design of mixed-signal ASICs. They have experience in both digital and analog design, being an expert in one or the other.

General Responsibilities

• Participates in and leads block specification, design, verification, and documentation

• Participates in and leads architectural design, system-level simulation, and abstract modelling of analog and digital blocks

• Able to lead a small team of engineers

• Develops and documents the processes by which the team operates

• Serves as a consultant and definitive source of technical advice to other designers

• Serves as technical lead on IC development projects

• Works with the customer to understand and refine requirements, rapidly identifying technical constraints, leading feasibility studies where required, developing system-level architectures and providing internal costings

• Works with suppliers, where required, to understand and select processes & products for the design

• Assists with or leads wider technical activities such as silicon verification, qualification, failure analysis and production test design, as required, lending expertise to these activities

Experience / Qualifications

• A university degree, most probably a master’s in Physics or Engineering, possibly with a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD)

• Extensive experience of block and system level IC design and verification, having served as a technical lead on multiple successful design cycles and having acquired an appreciable postgraduate-level technical skillset, including layout techniques, and of the physical processes that underpin IC design

• A proficiency with system-level modelling languages such as VHDL, Verilog, etc.

• Contributes fresh ideas & creative solutions, and seeks to improve design processes

• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation

• Strong organisation, planning and time management skills

• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity

• Holds themselves and others accountable to achieving goals and maintaining high standards of work

• Proficient in scripting, with experience of languages such as Python and MATLAB

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to collaborate with suppliers and customers

• Committed to their own technical development and that of others: seizes opportunities for training and education and facilitates learning opportunities for the team.

Benefits and Perks

• Pension scheme, bonus structure, private healthcare.

• Flexible working arrangements (e.g., hybrid or remote work).

• Learning and development support.

• Wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance programmes.

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