– WHY IC MASK DESIGN
IC Mask Design offers a unique opportunity to gain experience and develop skills in design and layout of ICs (integrated circuits). Experts in our field, we work with many international brands.
We are always looking for talented and motivated people. So if you think your skills and experience will fit with our company, please get in touch and we can arrange to discuss your future with us.
– IC MASK DESIGN WORK CULTURE
At IC Mask Design our team is our most valuable asset. We are a truly connected, expert and agile team. We share a commitment to produce the best quality work, on time and to bring out the best in each other by fostering a learning environment.
We hold a fundamental belief in the value of a healthy work/life balance. In an industry known for excessive work hours, we have broken the mould by working hard during our work week, we nourish our personal time. This has created high staff retention, an absence of burnout, and a high energy team that deliver dynamic results.
We are motivated by the challenge to never become complacent, this sets the foundation for our achievements.
We embrace the diversity within our team which has strengthened our culture of innovation and learning.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
We are not a traditional semiconductor company. The value in our company, is not in the silicon we help design for our customers, but in the team that help design it! Over the last 18 months, we have experienced significant growth in the demand for our services and have been lucky in managing to grow our team, with brilliant engineers from around the globe, to help service that demand. But we want to continue to grow and are still looking to hire experienced Analog Layout engineers across all office locations (Ireland, Cambridge/UK & Milan/Italy).
The successful candidates will report to the Engineering Director and Layout Manager; the position requires a minimum of 3 years IC Layout Design experience in full custom Analog layout.
The role requires close customer interaction on the technical deployment of complex Analog, mixed signal, and RF projects, to schedule, and work on technologies down to 5nm and below. Collaboration on complex physical design projects is also required.
The successful candidate will have significant knowledge and up to date experience of:
· Physical design on numerous technologies across multiple device geometries. Knowledge and experience of FinFET nodes is an advantage.
· Multiple EDA design environments and tools and display the ability to adapt to new design flows, processes, and EDA tools.
· Providing technical leadership, mentoring graduate engineers, and helping to build a culture of excellence and on-time delivery.
· Applying engineering principles and practices to diverse projects.
· Collaborate with circuit designers and understand the intricacies of each layout activity.
· Interface with customers and manage client relations with respect and expertise. Develop and continuously improve layout practices and procedures.
· The ability to work with design teams in multiple time zones.
Key Skills Required:
· A minimum Degree level qualification in Electronic Engineering or related discipline is essential.
· Fluent English is also a requirement.
· Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others around you.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Performing circuit level and chip level LVS, DRC, IR drop analysis and other physical design checks.
· Layout of Analog Mixed Signal and RF ASIC’s and IP blocks and will be responsible for floorplanning, block-level layout, top-level integration and physical verification of designs on leading edge technologies.
· Must have the ability to define and adhere to schedules.
· Ability to manage customer relationships and to cultivate strong professional relationships.
· Delivering projects within customer time frames
· Strong report writing skills.
· Good decision-making skills.
Competitive industry-based salary. Please include a curriculum vitae and cover letter with your application.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
We at IC Mask Design are currently the largest layout team in Europe and we are recognised as trusted experts in our field worldwide, who deliver technical excellence on schedule, always. We are now in the process of growing our team even further. We have recently extended our team to a new branch in Cambridge, UK and to Milan, Italy. We recognise that our team is our most asset – our company is our team, and our team is our company.
We are currently hiring for fulltime positions of Graduate Analog Layout Engineers in our Maynooth office. We highly value the progression of our knowledge and so continue to educate and train our team on the cutting edge of layout techniques. All team contributions are valued here.
We are a highly motivated team who get to work on exciting projects to help create the products of tomorrow. So, if you want to be part of a team that is agile, progressive, connected, kind, intelligent, ethical, customer focused, hard working with a strong emphasis on work/life balance? we would love to hear from you.
Qualification Requirements:
· Minimum education level required is BS/BEng(Hons).
Role Requirements:
· Good problem-solving skills.
· Ideally have some exposure to Integrated Circuit Layout and/or Integrated Design through their university/college curricula, although, not essential.
· Good communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills.
· Interest in improving layout knowledge and methodology.
· Ability to work independently as well as in teams, including remote teams.
· Ability to manage work in various time zones.
· Ability to work in close collaboration with customers.
· Fluent English is a requirement.