Engineering Manager, ASIC

cochlear; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Remuneration package

Onboarding and training

Homeworking options

Global collaboration

Résumé du poste

Cochlear invites an experienced Engineering Manager, ASIC to lead the development and delivery of custom silicon technologies powering our hearing solutions. You will oversee a global team and guide strategic partnerships to ensure ASIC solutions meet high standards of quality, reliability and performance.

Based at Cochlear Technology Centre Belgium, you will shape direction, manage budgets, and drive engineering excellence across the ASIC program.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading ASIC, semiconductor, or related engineering teams.
• Experience managing external ASIC development partners and suppliers.
• Strong understanding of ASIC development, verification, manufacturing and delivery processes.
• Proven track record delivering complex projects on time, within budget, and to quality expectations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Passion for coaching, talent development and collaborative culture.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Software Engineering or related field.

Responsabilités

• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing ASIC engineering team.
• Shape and execute the ASIC technology roadmap aligned with Cochlear's platform strategy.
• Lead successful delivery of ASIC solutions from concept through release and lifecycle support.
• Manage strategic ASIC design, verification, manufacturing, and technology partners.
• Drive technical decision-making and engineering excellence across ASIC activities.
• Lead resource planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Champion quality, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with global R&D teams to ensure platform delivery.

Connaissances

ASIC leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Roadmapping

Manufacturing knowhow

Team leadership

Formation

Electrical Engineering degree

Outils

ASIC design tools

Verilog/VHDL

Description du poste

Change people's lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people's lives.

At Cochlear, we're changing lives through innovative and implantable hearing solutions.

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, ASIC to lead the development and delivery of the custom silicon technologies that power our hearing solutions. This is a unique opportunity to combine people leadership, technical influence, and strategic decision-making while working with talented teams and partners across the globe.

The Opportunity

As Engineering Manager, ASIC , you will lead a team responsible for delivering ASIC technologies that sit at the heart of Cochlear's future products. You will build team capability, guide technology direction, develop strategic partnerships, and ensure ASIC solutions are delivered to the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing ASIC engineering team.
• Shape and execute the ASIC technology roadmap aligned with Cochlear's platform strategy.
• Lead the successful delivery of ASIC solutions from concept through release and lifecycle support.
• Manage strategic ASIC design, verification, manufacturing, and technology partners.
• Drive technical decision-making and engineering excellence across ASIC development activities.
• Lead resource planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities.
• Champion quality, risk management, continuous improvement, and best engineering practices.
• Collaborate with global R&D teams to ensure successful platform delivery.
• Join our Cochlear Technology Centre in Belgium and work closely with colleagues and partners across the world.

About You

You are an experienced engineering leader who combines strong technical credibility with a passion for developing people and building high-performing teams.

You will bring:

• 10+ years of experience leading ASIC, semiconductor, or related engineering teams.
• Experience working with and managing external ASIC development partners and suppliers.
• Strong understanding of ASIC development, verification, manufacturing, and delivery processes.
• A proven track record of delivering complex engineering projects on time, within budget, and to quality expectations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• A passion for coaching, developing talent, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.

For candidates with degrees obtained outside Belgium, a formal recognition process may be required as part of the hiring journey. Support will be provided.

Preferred Experience

• Medical device or other regulated industries.
• Digital, analogue, mixed-signal, or RF ASIC development.
• Wireless technologies and embedded hardware platforms.
• Cross-functional R&D environments involving hardware, firmware, software, and systems engineering.

Why Cochlear?

his role offers the opportunity to:

• Lead the development of advanced ASIC technologies used in life-changing hearing solutions.
• Influence important technology and engineering decisions.
• Work with highly skilled engineering experts and strategic partners around the world.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a talented technical team.
• Contribute to innovations that make a meaningful difference to people's lives.
• Join us and help create technology that enables people to connect, communicate, and experience the world around them through better hearing.

What we offer

• An attractive remuneration package and flexible extra-legal benefits
• An extensive onboarding and training program
• An enjoyable work environment with attention to life-work balance and homeworking
• A stimulating environment with growth opportunities and opportunity to meet multi-disciplinary colleagues across the globe

Cochlear Summary

Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. Our employees t