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Abingdon, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom

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Job Title: ASIC Chip Design Lead
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 6 months initial plus possible extensions
Location: UK/Remote
Start: ASAP

About the Job

For our client, we are looking to strengthen their top-end technical and direction in the form of at least one Chip Design Lead. The relevant candidate will have experience of one core of area of either Chip Design, Verification, Physical Implementation, DFT etc. as well as good appreciation for the majority of these remaining areas in order to be able to stand as not only a designer, but also as a technical contact to ensure the project stays on direction throughout all aspects of the design process.

Key Tasks & responsibilities
- Take high level requirements and write chip or block level micro-architecture specifications.
- Ability to undertake die-sizing, power estimation, technology selection etc to define an optimal solution for a given IC development.
- Comfortable working with external suppliers (foundries, IP vendors, EDA companies) and proven experience in building strong relationships with the end customer and supporting sales team in developing winning proposals.
- Strong hands-on experience in RTL coding of modules, sub-system or full-chip (primarily Verilog or SystemVerilog)
- Selection and integration of 3rd party IP into a SoC design
- Ability to lead a digital team on a SoC project – mentoring and reviewing the work of colleagues and ensuring that code quality is at the highest level and consistent with coding guidelines and applicable quality processes.
- Chip level integration and liaising with implementation and physical design staff to ensure that the RTL code is optimised and aligned with the requirements of the back-end team.

Key skills & background
- Extensive experience as a digital designer or digital lead in a number design of turn-key SoC developments, ideally across a range of application areas.
- A good understanding of the complete SoC flow from specification through to tape-out, validation and test.
- Good working knowledge of verification techniques and methodologies and proven ability to debug issues in a structured and timely way.
- Low power design expertise

Beneficial Skills:
- Experience of designing for automotive or safety critical applications would be an advantage.
- Good knowledge of DFT techniques and the impact on the RTL design
- VHDL coding knowledge
- Analog design knowledge or experience of working on mixed-signal SoC developments.
- Experience of FPGA design and associated tools
- Knowledge of Automotive Design Projects would be a distant advantage, especially within a Tier1 supplier environment

Job Reference 19003T7T

Location UK [United Kingdom] - Thames Valley - Abingdon

Categorisation Digital IC Design / Verification: Digital IC Design

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