Design Engineer

Silicon Labs; Oslo; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks vacation

Free mobile phone

Parking

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Silicon Labs in Oslo leads IC design for MCU and Wireless products, collaborating with teams in Austin and Singapore. As an IC Design Engineer, you will join either Analog or Digital design teams to develop key analogue and digital functions for our MCUs and Wireless MCUs.

The role emphasizes low power, high integration, and close collaboration with hardware, software, and marketing teams to define and deliver features within our Gecko MCU platforms.

Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D in Electrical Engineering required.
• Strong verification skills (circuit simulation).
• Familiarity with Cadence, Linux and Python is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and verify analog and digital circuits for IoT products.
• Determine design approaches and parameters.
• Oversee custom layout and layout designers.
• Evaluate design results with laboratory measurements of ICs.
• Report design results in design reviews per quality requirements and resolve action items.

Skills

MS/PhD EE

Circuit verification

Cadence tools

Linux

Python

Digital design

Analog design

Layout optimization

Lab measurements

Education

MS/PhD EE

Tools

Cadence

Linux

Python

Job description

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.

How Silicon Labs Norway Works

We are an elite team of IC Design, IC Validation, Software and HW/Tools engineers focused on developing and validating key components of the Silicon Labs IoT product portfolio. Our team has a deep understanding of all aspects of our MCU and Wireless products, from design to delivering a complete customer friendly system. Silicon Labs EFR32 and EFM32 MCU and Wireless product portfolios both originate from the Norway team. We take great pride in the technology that we deliver. We have a passion for what we do and always seek out better ways to serve our customers.

How the Oslo Design Teams work

The EFR32 and EFM32 MCU and Wireless products combine an energy-friendly MCU with a highly integrated radio transceiver. These devices are well suited for a variety of applications across a wide range of RF protocols, digital protocols, and power levels. The design teams consist of a combination of more experienced designers and young talents that are given a perfect opportunity to develop within the field. We work in close collaboration with sites in Austin and Singapore. We deliver a low power, simplicity focused platform, which is the base for all Silicon Labs MCUs and Wireless MCUs. We leverage our history of low power, simplicity focused designs to make the best products for the future of the Silicon Labs IoT story, while having fun.

As an IC Design Engineer in our Oslo IC Design organization, you will join either the Analog Design team or the Digital Design team.

The teams collaborate closely to develop key analog and digital functions for Silicon Labs' MCUs and Wireless MCUs.

Why this position matters

The Internet of Things is a fast growing, innovative market. Silicon Labs has invested in many exciting and market-leading highly integrated mixed signal SoCs aimed at IoT. The low power Gecko MCUs and Wireless MCUs that we develop will be deployed in literally millions of products worldwide. The IoT is the future of Silicon Labs, and the Oslo Design teams are at the forefront of that initiative. As a Design Engineer you will work with our other hardware design teams, software teams and the marketing department to define and deliver key features within the low power Gecko MCU and Wireless MCU platform.

Essential Functions

• Architect, design and verify analog and digital circuits for our IOT products.
• Determine design approaches and parameters.
• Responsible for custom layout, including overseeing the work of layout designers.
• Conduct evaluation of design results by laboratory measurements of ICs.
• Report on design results through design reviews, in accordance with company quality requirements and resolves action items generated from these reviews.

Desired Skills

• M.S. or Ph.D in Electrical Engineering.
• Both newly graduated and more experienced candidates will be considered.
• Verification skills (e.g., circuit simulation)
• Experience with Cadence design tools, Linux and Python is an advantage
• Digital design team: Foundation in digital logic, computer architecture, or embedded systems
• Exposure to digital verification through simulation, testbenches, assertions, or formal methods is an advantage
• Familiarity with synthesis, timing, and power/area tradeoffs is an advantage
• Analog design team: Design skills and knowledge related to building blocks (e.g., OPAMP, power management circuits, ADC, DAC, oscillators, memories, bandgap references, PLL)
• Understanding of layout tradeoffs for performance and size
• Laboratory measurement skills

Personal Profile

Enthusiastic, creative and innovative Excellent analytical and system troubleshooting skills Good written and oral communication skills Team player

More About Us

We hire the most innovative talent in the world through professional and university channels and then solve the industry’s toughest problems, providing our customers with significant advantages in performance, energy savings, connectivity and design simplicity. Silicon Labs’ software and mixed signal engineering teams create solutions for customers in diverse markets including Internet of Things, internet infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer and automotive. We take pride in our products and in our people, and that’s one of the many reasons we continue to be awarded Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company. Learn more at www.silabs.com/careers

What You’ll Get

You will be joining a highly skilled and tight-knit team where every engineer makes a significant impact on the end-product. Our office is superbly located in beautiful, easily accessible Nydalen in Oslo. We can also offer:

• Monthly social gathering like summer and new year’s parties, celebrations, team building and happy hours (“lønningspils”)
• Weekly sport activities like cageball, indoor climbing and running
• Monthly innovation day - “Hack a Gecko” (hack-a-thon event for fun and learning)
• Weekly info meeting for all employees
• Paid volunteer days
• 5 weeks of vacation, plus Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
• Parking for car, motorbike and bikes available
• Flexible working hours
• Free mobile telephone
• Last, but not least: an amazing culture with skilled colleagues

Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer

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By offering challenging projects, technical mentorship, and continuous learning opportunities, we ensure our employees thrive at every stage of their careers.

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