Director of Analog IC Design

Location: Bristol or Stansted, UK (Hybrid – Office Monday to Thursday)

Job Type: Permanent

Our client is a globally recognised semiconductor company developing high-performance analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits for optical communications and high-speed connectivity applications.

Its UK engineering centre is regarded as a centre of excellence for Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design, delivering industry-leading laser drivers, transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and integrated optical transceiver solutions that enable fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks and hyperscale data centre infrastructure across the globe.

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, technically driven organisation where engineering excellence is at the heart of product development. Backed by the resources of a global semiconductor business, you'll have the opportunity to influence technology, products and engineering strategy while working alongside some of the industry's leading Analog IC Design engineers.

Our client is seeking an experienced Director of Analog IC Design to lead its IC Design Engineering organisation based in Bristol, with responsibility extending across engineering teams in Europe and North America.

Reporting directly to the VP of Design Engineering, you will lead complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programmes from concept through to production while developing and mentoring engineering managers, technical leaders and design engineers.

This is a highly visible leadership position combining technical authority, organisational leadership and strategic influence. You will play a key role in shaping engineering strategy, defining future technology roadmaps and supporting the continued growth of the engineering organisation.

• Lead the Analog IC Design organisation across the UK and partner sites in Europe and North America.
• Direct complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programmes from concept through to production release.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning IC Design, Layout, Product Engineering, Test, Validation, Characterisation and Reliability.
• Develop, mentor and support engineering managers, team leaders and design engineers.
• Contribute to technology strategy and long-term product roadmaps.
• Work closely with executive leadership on organisational planning, engineering structure and resource allocation.
• Monitor programme delivery, budgets, schedules and engineering capacity.
• Drive engineering excellence, product quality and successful project execution.
• Ensure compliance with engineering processes, ISO standards and quality systems.

• Degree qualified in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• Extensive semiconductor industry experience with significant Analog or Mixed-Signal IC Design leadership.
• Proven experience leading complex semiconductor product developments from concept through production.
• Strong engineering management and organisational leadership experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• 10+ years of experience in analog IC design.

• Optical Communications IC Design.
• Laser Drivers.
• Integrated Optical Transceivers.
• Signal Integrity.
• FTTH and/or Data centre Interconnect technologies.
• Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Technology roadmap development and engineering strategy.
• Experience with in a multinational semiconductor organisation.

• Lead a world-class Analog IC Design team developing products deployed into global communications infrastructure.
• Influence both engineering strategy and long-term technology direction.
• Work directly with senior engineering leadership on product and organisational planning.
• Combine technical leadership with significant business impact.
• Join an organisation that values innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence.
• Benefit from a highly competitive salary, performance bonus, long-term incentive opportunity, comprehensive benefits package, relocation support and genuine long-term career progression.