At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team of analog engineers and design cutting-edge CMOS analog blocks.
- Company: Join Renesas, a leader in embedded semiconductor solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and opportunities for international travel.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in innovative projects and foster a positive team environment.
- Qualifications: Degree in Electronics/Microelectronics and 8+ years in analog circuit design.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Lead and mentor a team of analog engineers, including recruitment, training, and performance management. Design and verify CMOS analog blocks for custom ASICs, meeting performance, area, power, and timescale constraints. Drive full-chip projects from specification to production ramp, collaborating with analogue and digital leads on system and design strategy. Oversee layout quality, produce high-quality documentation, and work with DFT engineers to ensure alignment with DFT strategy. Manage silicon debugging, design characterisation, and support test development and production ramp. Demonstrate expertise in analog circuit design through strong technical, communication, and organisational skills. Drive continuous improvement in design methodologies, working practices, and team performance. Take accountability for issue resolution, including silicon bugs, and proactively seek out and implement improvements. Foster a positive team environment, ensuring timely delivery and first‑time‑right designs.
Key Performance Measures:
- Team morale and performance, including on-time delivery and design quality
- Progression and development of team members
- Improvement in methodologies to reduce cost and time to tape‑out
- Demonstration of technical expertise, problem‑solving capabilities, and innovative designs
- Timely and accurate documentation and progress reporting
- Continuous improvement of technical, non‑technical, and management skills
Qualifications:
- Degree level qualification in Electronics/Microelectronics Engineering or a related discipline
- 8+ years of relevant analogue circuit design experience
- Extensive hands‑on experience in designing and verifying various analogue circuit blocks (e.g., amplifiers, oscillators, LDOs, comparators, reference/biasing circuits, PMIC and audio sub‑blocks)
- Proven experience in managing a team of analogue engineers, including recruitment, performance management, and mentoring
- Strong competence with EDA design tools, particularly the Cadence design environment
- Experience in chip‑level verification, including AMS and DMS
- Ability to lead and deliver chip‑level solutions through collaboration with cross‑functional teams
- Demonstrated skills in project management, including resource allocation and meeting tape‑out milestones
- Innovative problem‑solving skills and ability to drive continuous improvement in design methodologies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to work effectively in a multi‑site and multi‑cultural environment
- Flexibility to undertake occasional international travel
Additional Information:
Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system‑level know‑how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog.
