ASIC Programme Manager in Bristol

We are seeking a technical ASIC Programme/Project Manager to deliver a highly advanced communication ASIC for the Satcoms market. You should have a level of technical understanding gained from a background in either radio system design, system test, RTL design or also have experience working on a complex ASIC project from Specification to Tape Out.

Your Responsibilities

• Project manage a large silicon development programme from specification through to tapeout or production release.
• Provide leadership and motivation to the whole team given your experience, credibility, strong written and verbal communication skills, professional behaviour and mutual respect.
• Complete project setup including allocating team members, planning schedules, performing risk analysis and estimating the budget.
• Interface with the customer to agree the scope, schedule and cost of the work including the handling of change requests.
• Be responsible for tracking all defined tasks through regular meetings/reports from the engineering team and updating the project plan/status report.
• Ensure that any exceptions to the original plan are reviewed and corrective actions identified to bring the project back on track or appropriate changes made to the plan.
• Track project spend and revenues throughout the project and provide inputs into the finance department and provide ongoing profitability projections against budget.
• Maintenance of actions during meetings and timely closure of actions, using tools where appropriate.
• Report project status to the customer and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure that the project is fully aligned with the ISO9001:2015 QMS and all required review meetings and quality records are generated and stored in the appropriate location.
• Chair all key review meetings to ensure that the requirements of the review have been completed.
• Release deliverables to the customer that are under the authority of the Project Manager.

Your Education / Key Skills / Experience

Essential

• Proven successful management of at least one multi-disciplined project from the design phase through to tape out.
• A technical background in one of the key areas of chip design such as system design, digital design, verification, analogue design, or SoC design.
• Able to capture technical issues and actions over a wide range of technical topics.
• Able to efficiently manage time and proactively drive multiple projects over multiple locations will be a key success factor.
• Experience working with ASIC and VLSI design flows and its interdependencies: you should be able to have high level technical discussions with the tech leads, related to IC development schedules, cost or quality aspects.
• Strong desire to own/drive project development using well-defined metrics.
• BSc(Hons) or Master degree in Electronics Engineering or related discipline.

Desirable

• Previous experience in satcoms, PNT or cellular communications.
• Experience working in a dynamic engineering environment.
• Experience in managing external customers/stakeholders.

Your Personality

• Excellent written communication and presentation skills, which enable you to interface easily and effectively with cross-functional stakeholders in an international environment.
• You are a problem-solver and work independently and with drive to achieve results.
• You have proven leadership abilities with strong team management skills, able to build credibility, motivate, coach and develop team members.
• You are results-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Self-motivated achiever who gains satisfaction from providing excellent customer service and has a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment.

What can you expect from us?

• Private Medical healthcare.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme (matched up to 5%).
• 26 days annual leave.
• Life assurance.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Share option scheme.
• Hybrid and flexible working.

Position Specifics

This role is hybrid, our guideline is for 3 days in the office. This role is flexible, occasional UK and international travel required. Applicants must have the right to live and work in UK.