Digital SoC expert designer - Technical leader (consultant)

Take responsibility for the design of high-performance, ultra-low-power digital signal processing modules

The assignment / De opdracht

• Collaborate with system architect team, digital back-end team and embedded SW and validation as well as the other project stakeholders.
• Lead RTL development for ASIC and FPGA. Supervise the verification planning and activities (possibly including mixed-signal projects).
• Define and/or propose (new) way of working to maximize the efficiency of the design process.
• Contribute to high-quality reports and documentation.

Required knowledge and skills / Vereiste kennis en skills

• MSc or PhD in electronics engineering with 10+ years of relevant experience in ASIC design. 
• Solid understanding of digital ASIC-design flow is required: logic synthesis, timing analysis, power estimation/simulation, logic equivalence, STA (DFT and/or P&R is preferred). 
• Structural way of working and ability to develop and manage activity planning is required. 
• Experience working closely with (internal or external) stakeholders is required. 
• Strong experience with digital circuit design in (System) Verilog is required. • Experience with SoC top level design and/or sub-systems is required; including low power techniques. 
• Experience with digital verification is preferred: plan definition, verification methodologies, code/functional coverage, constrained random verification, verification plan execution and tracking. 
• Knowledge of high-level synthesis methodologies is a plus. 
• Experience with Cadence IC design tools is preferred. 
• Knowledge of the FPGA-development flow is a plus. 
• Experience with scripting languages like TCL, Matlab and Python is required. 
• Experience with revisioning systems, like git is required. 
• Able to take initiative and responsibility for team’s success. Thinking pro-actively, working independently and having a creative problem-solving attitude. 
• Have broad interest across disciplines and like to embrace new challenges. 
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken).

What we offer / Wat bieden wij

• Duration of the assignment: 6 months
• Desired start date: asap
• Work regime: fultime

Location/ Locatie

We provide the flexibility to work both from our office premises and remotely from home. This to maintain a healthy work-life balance while being an integral part of our team.

Please note that a 100% remote job is NOT possible, you need to be able to come onsite 3x/week in imec Leuven (Belgium).

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*For this temporary position, you can apply as a candidate, the employment is then through an employment agency or other third party. If you are a Freelancer (independent consultant) we also welcome your application.