Digital Design Manager, UK, CH, DE

Challenges are our drive, innovation our calling. We at Kandou are a team of passionate accomplished professionals making a mark in the semiconductor industry. We're an innovative leader in high-speed and energy efficient chip-chip link solutions critical to the evolution of the electronics industry, continuously developing to meet the demands of not just the customers of today, but of tomorrow too. If you love to be part of a high-tech scale-up and are motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.

We are actively seeking a Digital Design Manager, based in UK – Reading, Switzerland - Lausanne or Germany - Dortmund. 

Key responsibilities

• Manage a diverse, multi-site digital design team – responsibility for hiring, resourcing, scheduling, upskilling, mentoring, performance reviews, reporting and engineering execution


• Continuous improvement of design methodologies to meet ever increasing demand of quality and efficiency


• Work closely with analogue design, physical design and verification teams to identify design gaps, design flows and implement improvement actions, i.e. ensure delivery of high-quality designs


• Be the technical authority during sign-off meetings


• Be the voice of the digital design team. Manage workload and schedules, report to internal management team and external customers

Skills

• Strong analytical skills to translate system-level requirements into design and planning


• Good understanding of best practices related to source code management systems, bug ticket management systems and project development flows


• Strong RTL coding experience (SystemVerilog preferred)


• Advanced knowledge of high-speed and low-power design techniques


• Scripting (Python preferred) and tool setup skills


• Understanding of verification methodologies, in particular UVM, is highly desirable


• Understanding of Physical Design flows/challenges in deep sub-micron CMOS technologies is highly desirable


• Self-motivated, with strong sense of ownership and responsibility


• Must possess strong written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills


• Demonstrable team building and leadership skills

Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, with min. 3yrs in a digital design leadership role


• Strong technical background in design of digital circuits in deep-submicron CMOS technologies


• Experience of multi-gigabit SerDes designs is highly desirable


• Familiarity with high-speed serial protocols such as PCIe, CXL, USB etc. is highly desirable


• Exposure to mixed analog/digital circuits design


• Experience in low power designs and power-islands flows (i.e. UPF, CPF) is a plus


• Knowledge of Product Development Life Cycle and representing the digital design discipline at project gate exits and final sign-off, inc. tape-out


• Skilled in managing a technical team in delivering quality designs to schedule


• Experience in leading and working with teams across different geographical sites

If this is the role you have been looking for and you want to be part of a growing Company, with an exciting future then we would really love to hear from you. Together We Kandou It!

Visit us at www.kandou.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/kandou-bus-s-a-/