Power Systems Digital IC Designer

Nordic Semiconductor is the market leader in Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity, with a growing portfolio of wireless devices, LTE-M and NB-IoT being the latest augmentation.

Our SoC products are used by world leading brands in a wide variety of applications, including wireless PC peripherals, gaming, sports and fitness, mobile phone accessories, consumer electronics, toys, healthcare and automation.  

We are an IC design house designing chips from first principles to final silicon product. We have exceptional design expertise and a highly-skilled workforce. We welcome talented, experienced engineers from across the globe and offer cutting-edge R&D facilities, a company and products with global reach and impact, and a stimulating environment in which excellence is fostered and prized.  

ABOUT THE JOB:  

Nordic Semiconductor´s R&D capacity is expanding. We are looking to recruit an experienced or a newly educated digital IC designer with basic understanding of analog IC design.  

You will work closely with analog engineers to build control systems within the area of power management.  You will have responsibility for specifying, developing and supporting through to production digital control systems.  We are a young and vibrant team focused on innovation to provide the best possible solutions to our customers. Your contributions will help develop and grow Nordic’s portfolio of products and will directly contribute to the success of the company.   

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: 

• M.Sc. in  Electronics Engineering or equivalent 
• Preferably 2 years of directly relevant industrial experience in Digital RTL Design  
• Skilful in VHDL, Verilog and/or System Verilog 
• Experience of verification 
• Able to work well either independently or as part of a team 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Fluent English language skills (written and oral) 

• Synthesis, STA and DFT 
• Experience with analog-digital co-simulation verification 
• Basic knowledge of analog IC design terminology 
• Basic knowledge of of Buck/Boost converters, LDOs or PMICs  

BENEFITS:  

• Competitive salary with bonus plan 
• Insurance and pension plan 
• 5 weeks´ annual paid vacation (following one year´s service) 
• Flexible working hours 
• Family friendly policies 
• Employees’ sports and social club, multiple social activities throughout the year 
• Relocation costs covered 
• For international moves to Norway, relocation assistance from our partner company Onboard Norway (https://www.onboardnorway.com) 

About Nordic Semiconductor: 
Nordic Semiconductor specializes in ultra-low power wireless communication supporting Bluetooth® low energy, Bluetooth Mesh, ANT+, 2.4GHz, IEEE 802.15.4, Thread, Zigbee and LTE-M/NB-IoT. The company’s award-winning and highly flexible SoCs are employed by some of the world’s leading brands in a variety of IoT applications like beacons, smart home, wearables, as well as wireless keyboard and mouse, game controllers, sports equipment, toys and medical equipment. Nordic’s development tools provide developers with an ideal starting point and ready-built design framework to accelerate development of IoT products. Its software architecture features a unique and powerful separation between protocol stack and user application code providing application developers maximum flexibility, ease-of-development, and code safety. High quality documentation and firmware are available to download on www.nordicsemi.com.    

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Working for Nordic Semiconductor, you will be challenged and supported.  Our teams enjoy a professional, informal working environment and we value and encourage continuous development of skills and expertise to the very highest levels, through in-house opportunities and external training.  A close-knit, highly-skilled, international work-force, we are proud of our Norwegian heritage, world-leading innovation and professional excellence.  

Location: Trondheim, Norway  

Nordic Semiconductor´s R&D Headquarters are in the city of Trondheim, situated on the Trondheim Fjord in Mid-Norway.  This vibrant city is expanding fast, with a current population of around 200,000.  It has embraced the technology sector and is home to start-ups, SMEs, large businesses (including a number of Semiconductor companies), as well as established large-scale organisations such as SINTEF (the largest independent research institute in Scandinavia), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University Hospital for Mid-Norway. Trondheim offers a rich cultural life, and is surrounded by sea and mountains, allowing the inhabitants easy access from city-life to nature.  

For more information, contact Phil Corbishley E-mail: phil.corbishley@nordicsemi.no    

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