Senior Principal IC Design Engineer - GNSS (Hybrid)

u-blox; Thalwil; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible working hours

Learning environment and career talks

Global collaboration opportunities

Job summary

u-blox in Thalwil, Switzerland, seeks an experienced Senior Principal IC Design Engineer to lead an integrated GNSS IC program from concept to tape-out. You will coordinate System, RF, Analog/Mixed-Signal, Digital, Verification, Physical Design, DFT, and test teams to meet performance, power, area, cost, and schedule goals.

Candidate brings breadth across IC architecture, with a track record of multi-discipline leadership and a strong focus on risk management and cross-team collaboration to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or closely related field.
• Significant IC development experience with delivery from requirements through tape-out, silicon validation, and production release.
• Experience leading a chip or major IC subsystem across multiple engineering disciplines in a semiconductor environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated chip development plan from concept through tape-out and design completion.
• Align multiple teams on chip-level requirements, interfaces, priorities, and milestones.
• Translate GNSS objectives into a coherent chip execution strategy with performance, power, area, cost, and schedule targets.
• Collaborate with project managers and team leads to build plans, resolve dependencies, and identify resource needs.
• Provide technical direction at chip level while delegating to qualified team leads and experts.
• Drive verification, modelling, and sign-off across subsystems to improve predictability and first-silicon success.

Skills

Leadership across chip program

Cross-functional collaboration

Project planning

Risk management

GNSS knowledge

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in Electronic Engineering

Tools

DFT & validation tools

Physical design tools

Verification methodologies

Job description

u-blox in Thalwil, Switzerland, seeks an experienced Senior Principal IC Design Engineer to lead an integrated GNSS IC program from concept to tape-out. You will coordinate System, RF, Analog/Mixed-Signal, Digital, Verification, Physical Design, DFT, and test teams to meet performance, power, area, cost, and schedule goals.

Candidate brings breadth across IC architecture, with a track record of multi-discipline leadership and a strong focus on risk management and cross-team collaboration to