Senior/Principal Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

The Sensata design centre in Swindon develops integrated circuits and MEMS solutions for a wide range of applications, working with our customers to take designs from specification to qualified silicon. Our engineers form a multidisciplinary team of electronics experts, pushing the bounds of their experience to deliver each new project.

Reporting to the ASIC Design Manager, the Senior/Principal Mixed Signal Design Engineer is responsible for the technical leadership, high-level simulation and block design of mixed‑signal ASICs. The engineer has experience in both digital and analog design and is an expert in one of the two domains.

General Responsibilities

• Participates in and leads block specification, design, verification and documentation
• Participates in and leads architectural design, system‑level simulation and abstract modeling of analog and digital blocks
• Can lead a small team of engineers
• Develops and documents the processes by which the team operates
• Serves as a consultant and definitive source of technical advice to other designers
• Serves as technical lead on IC development projects
• Works with the customer to understand and refine requirements, rapidly identifying technical constraints, leading feasibility studies where required, developing system‑level architectures and providing internal costings
• Works with suppliers, where required, to understand and select processes and products for the design
• Assists with or leads wider technical activities such as silicon verification, qualification, failure analysis and production test design, lending expertise to these activities

Experience / Qualifications

• A university degree, most probably a master’s in Physics or Engineering, possibly with a postgraduate degree such as a PhD
• Extensive experience of block and system level IC design and verification, having served as a technical lead on multiple successful design cycles and having acquired an appreciable postgraduate-level technical skillset, including layout techniques and the physical processes that underpin IC design
• Proficiency with system‑level modelling languages such as VHDL, Verilog, etc.
• Contributes fresh ideas and creative solutions and seeks to improve design processes
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organisation, planning and time management skills
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Holds themselves and others accountable to achieving goals and maintaining high standards of work
• Proficient in scripting, with experience of languages such as Python and MATLAB
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to collaborate with suppliers and customers
• Committed to their own technical development and that of others: seizes opportunities for training and education and facilitates learning opportunities for the team

Benefits And Perks

• Pension scheme, bonus structure and private healthcare
• Flexible working arrangements (e.g., hybrid or remote work)
• Learning and development support
• Wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance programmes

Smarter Together

• Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world’s most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing
• Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication
• As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together