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Who we are

You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.

We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.

Join Sonova. Create sense.

Valencia (CA), United States

Principal Engineer, Digital IC

153956

Overview

The Principal Professional Hardware Design Engineering designs and modifies electronical parts or other hardware systems and applications for hearing systems and hearing platforms.

 

What you’ll do:

  • Participate in mixed-signal ASIC development activities with cross-functional teams including chip architecture, specification, design, verification, validation, fabrication, packaging, debugging, test development, failure analysis, and documentation.
  • Create new digital block level microarchitecture, plan work breakdown, and design digital logic blocks.
  • Modify existing in-house digital IPs to extend functionality and/or to be compatible with new tools and workflow for reuse.
  • Create block and IC level digital V&V test plan and develop test bench.
  • Perform RTL simulation & verification including pre-tapeout FPGA level emulation, and post-silicon debug & characterization.
  • Develop, improve, and maintain in house digital design workflows.
  • Collaborate with contract digital designers for in house designs.
  • Work with fabless IC design vendors in either the turn-key or co-development models.
  • Perform digital backend activities for small test chip development tapeout with inhouse tools, if needed.
  • Other duties as assigned

 

Travelling Requirement: up to 0 to 5%

 

 

 

What you bring to the team:

 

 

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer engineering or related field

Nice to Have

  • Master’s or higher degree in electrical, computer engineering, or related field

 

 

Work Experience

  • At least 7 years of previous digital ASIC design.
  • Experience in design, and development of custom application digital peripherals, custom communication data link peripherals that connect to APB, AHB bus

 

Nice to Have

  • 10+ years of previous digital ASIC design 

 

Personal Competencies

  • Analytical problem solving, results focus, learning mindset, and planning ahead

 

 

Social Competencies

  • Ability to work under pressure and meet project timelines across departments

 

 

Leadership Competencies

  • Always striving for self-development.
  • Should be capable of directing the technical work of a team including internal and external resources

 

 

Professional Competencies

  • Must be able to work with all levels of management and peers. 
  • Ability to maintain professionalism among peers and communicate effectively will all levels of the organization

Nice to Have

  • Project management skills

 

 

Language(s)/ Level

  • English/ Fluent

 

 

IT Skills

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)/ Engineering Software (MATLAB)

Nice to Have

  • Jira, GitHub, Confluence

 

 

Further Requirements

  • VHDL, Verilog, or SV, Questa or equivalent design verification tool

Nice to Have

  • Python, C/C++, Make, LINT, CDC, Synthesis, UVM, STA, ATPG, DFT

 

 

Additional Remarks: Class-III medical industry experience is a plus.

 

 

 

 

 

Our offer:

 

  • Exciting and challenging work environment
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Training and development opportunities – we believe every employee deserves a development plan. Come, learn, and grow with us!

Don't meet all the criteria?  If you’re willing to go all in and learn we'd love to hear from you! 

We love to work with great people and strongly believe that a diverse team makes us better.  We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of race, color, creed/religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, mental or physical disability.

We thank all applicants in advance; however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.  All applications will be kept confidential. Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should notify the Senior Manager, Human Resources.

Pay Ranges: 120,000 - 180,000

Eligible for bonus: 10%

Health Benefits & Perks:

  • Medical, dental and vision coverage*
  • Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
  • TeleHealth options
  • 401k plan with company match*
  • Company paid life/ad&d insurance
    • Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available
  • Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)
    • STD LTD Buy-ups available
  • Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage
  • Legal/ID Theft Assistance
  • PTO & paid holidays*
  • Employee Assistance Program

 

*Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group Company/location.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.

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