IC Design Engineer – Analog or Digital

About the role

Silicon Labs is hiring an IC Design Engineer in its Oslo IC Design organization, which develops the EFR32 and EFM32 MCU and Wireless MCU product portfolios. The engineer joins either the Analog Design team or the Digital Design team, which work together to build key analog and digital functions for low-power Gecko MCUs and Wireless MCUs used in millions of IoT products worldwide. The team collaborates closely with sites in Austin and Singapore.

Key responsibilities

• Architect, design and verify analog and digital circuits for IoT products
• Determine design approaches and parameters
• Be responsible for custom layout, including overseeing the work of layout designers
• Evaluate design results by laboratory measurements of ICs
• Report on design results through design reviews in line with company quality requirements and resolve action items

Required profile

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering; newly graduated and more experienced candidates are considered
• Analog design team: design skills for building blocks such as OPAMP, power management circuits, ADC, DAC, oscillators, memories, bandgap references and PLL, and understanding of layout tradeoffs for performance and size
• Digital design team: foundation in digital logic, computer architecture or embedded systems; exposure to digital verification through simulation, testbenches, assertions or formal methods is an advantage
• Enthusiastic, creative and innovative, with good analytical and troubleshooting skills, and good written and oral communication

Required skills

• Verification skills, e.g. circuit simulation
• Experience with Cadence design tools, Linux and Python is an advantage
• Digital team: familiarity with synthesis, timing and power/area tradeoffs is an advantage
• Analog team: laboratory measurement skills

What we offer

• Office in Nydalen, Oslo
• Monthly social gatherings, weekly sports activities, monthly hackathon and weekly information meetings
• Paid volunteer days and 5 weeks of vacation
• Parking for cars, motorbikes and bikes, flexible working hours and a free mobile telephone