About the job
Purpose of role
The Engineering Manager is responsible for directly managing, supporting, and providing direction and motivational leadership to their team, to achieve project deliverables to a high standard. Engineering Managers must lead by example by implementing the Sondrel culture to create a high performing team and to deliver on commitments.
Responsibilities
- Display customer intimacy by demonstrating clear and customer focused communication, issue resolution & delivery to beyond expectation and developing this approach with the team.
- Taking ownership and responsibility by motivating direct reports to manage their time and deliver on day-to-day tasks.
- Actively participate in social engagements and create a culture of recognition to reward success and enhance collaboration.
- Working with the Senior Engineering Manager to create a high performing team by;
- Taking the lead to continuously improve the team performance by understanding Sondrels behaviours, managing employee related issues and setting SMART objectives in line with project deliverables.
- Taking ownership of developing direct reports in their career progression by identifying on the job experience, training and development needs. Encouraging a culture of appropriate delegating and knowledge sharing.
- Liaising with the Senior Engineering Manager to hire to headcount to address the current and future skills gaps and capability within the team.
- Communicating, following and ensuring your team understands and adheres to company policies, procedures and processes.
- Managing the employee lifecycle within your team, including but not restricted to onboarding/offboarding, absence/holiday management and monitoring departmental employee turnover and improving retention.
- Ensuring company messages are communicated and understood by the team and appropriate feedback is given to management by holding regular team meetings, 1:1’s, objective reviews and annual appraisals.
- Working with broader engineering teams and engineering management to constantly improve methodologies and adopt best industry working practices.
- Providing guidance to the team and leading DFT work in projects covering DFT strategy definition, implementation of DFT structures to meet testability requirements of the project and verification of the implemented DFT structures.
- Liaising with the Senior Engineering Manager by coordinating representation of Sondrel at universities, conferences and trade shows, and presenting technical papers.
Qualifications
Essential
A Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering or a relevant subject.
Desirable
Project management experience/ qualification.
Skills & experience
Essential
Management Skills
- Some experience of empowering, delegating and developing teams of people to deliver on projects.
- Strong customer engagement skills.
- Experience in influencing technical direction of others.
- Able to coach and mentor others to improve performance.
- Able to evaluate issues, constructively challenge and develop a team to resolve complex problems.
Technical Skills
- Experience in developing and presenting “technical white papers."
- Experience of engaging with customers during the business development cycle.
Develops Design for test Strategies of Complex ASICs to meet high test coverage targets.
- Proven capability to implement and verify DFT structures for hierarchical ASICs including tap controller, Boundary scan , MBIST, repair , compression and ATPG.
- Proficient on specifying custom DFT logic.
- Proven capability to create and debug timing constraints for DFT modes.
- Expertise in ATE failures and Silicon bring-up experience.
Desirable
Technical skills
- Possesses a broad cross disciplinary knowledge but with the ability to apply advanced knowledge of a single sub-function OR knowledge of multiple sub-functions.
- Logicbist implementation and verification.
- DFT implementation and verification of mixed signal Ips.
- Hands on DFT flow development.
Attributes
Essential
- Able to build trust through open and transparent communication.
- Reliable, and dedicated to deliver on promises and commitments.
- Ability to work under pressure with solid organisational and creative problem-solving skills.
- Positive mindset, demonstrates Sondrel behaviors and embraces and promotes Sondrel culture.
- Self-organisation and ability to respond to changing priorities quickly with excellent time management skills.
- Team player with the ability to guide and mentor more junior team members.
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative with excellent attention to detail.
- Passionate and committed to delivering a high standard of work
- Resilient and always finds a way to succeed.
Where you will work
We have an office in Theale or Bristol.
Why Sondrel
At Sondrel we are encouraged to think differently, take on innovate and challenging projects and we’re trusted to make independent decisions to progress our own careers in the way that we want. We pride ourselves on being specialists in what we do, collaborative in our approach and we’re hugely passionate about driving the technology for SoC design.
We have teams across the globe which means there is opportunity for both domestic and international travel and the chance to network with some of the most highly skilled and knowledgeable engineers in the industry. Sondrel allows you to enjoy your work by having an autonomous environment built on trust, dependability and integrity as well as having a hybrid work environment catered to individual needs.
As we continue to grow, we are looking for bright individuals who are proactive in what they do, enjoy a challenge and have a desire for continuous learning experiences because, at Sondrel, no two days are ever the same.
What you get
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary Annual bonus
- Salary exchange pension scheme
- Private Medical
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 statutory public holidays
- Buy & sell holiday
- Hybrid & flexible working
- Free on-site car parking