IC Technology Engineer

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.

ABOUT THE JOB

Nordic Semiconductor´s R&D capacity is expanding and we are looking for an IC Technology Engineer to join our Technology Group as part of a team supporting our R&D development projects. The position offers exciting opportunities to work with world-leading wafer manufacturers, EDA-vendors and IP-providers to enable a smooth design flow for our SoC development teams. Your workday will be filled with several different tasks and challenges within nanoscale technology support, optimization of design flow methodology, scripting/programming, custom cell/library development, characterization and verification to name a few. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• M.Sc. in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or Engineering/Bachelor degree with experience 
• Experience or knowledge in one or several of the following areas:
  • IC design-flow and methodology using advanced IC design-tools
  • Installation, setup and customization of IC design-kits
  • Device- and cell-level modeling
  • Chip- and cell-level ESD strategy and analysis
  • I/O-cell design
  • Wafer manufacturing and nanoscale semiconductor technology
  • Analog design, layout and physical verification
  • Digital design methodology and chip-level P&R
  • Script development in Python, Perl, Tcl or Skill
  • Good English communication skills, both written and spoken 

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 (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 homes, wearables, as well as wireless keyboards and mice, 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. Once the capital of Norway, it was founded in 997 A.D. and has long history and an exciting future. 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. The city has an excellent public transport network and is well-connected internationally, Trondheim Airport being only 40 minutes from the city centre. Trondheim is surrounded by sea and mountains, allowing the inhabitants easy access from city-life to nature – the perfect environment for contemplation and cutting-edge innovation.

For more information, contact Per Christian Andresen:  Mobile: +47 45428964 or E-mail: per.christian.andresen@nordicsemi.no

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