ASIC Design Engineers (contract) - ref: ASIC_Des_09

Due to the continued growth of DisplayLink and success of our products we are looking for experienced ASIC Engineers to design and implement our innovative network display products. The roles will focus on block design and implementation, but may also involve other parts of the flow from specification and RTL design of modules for use in ASIC or FPGA, through functional verification, synthesis and timing closure, to silicon validation and production test. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of at least one full chip development cycle, will have experience of several relevant and varied block designs targeted for ASIC, and should have a ‘can do’ attitude and will be willing to work on any part of the flow as required in this dynamic and exciting environment.
 
These roles are initially 3 month contracts, however extensions are very likely and there will be possibilities for temp to perm for some of the positions.

Essential Attributes:

• RTL design (VHDL preferred)
• Verification
• Experience of SoC designs
• Good Engineering degree or equivalent
• Teamworking and Flexibility
  

Desirable Attributes:

• Synthesis
• STA
• DFT
• Formal equivalence checking
• C or Assembler programming of embedded processors
• FPGA experience
• Network/Interface experience (USB, Ethernet, 802.11x, PCIe, SATA)
• Video experience (DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, Video controllers and system knowledge)
• Experience of integrating external IP (may be digital and/or analogue)
• Comfortable with Linux operating system
  

Only direct applications will be considered for this position – NO AGENCIES

To apply for this position email us, quoting reference ASIC_Des_09

ASIC Verification Engineers (contract & perm) - ref: ASIC_Verif_09

Due to the continued growth of DisplayLink and success of our products we are looking for a variety of contract ASIC Verification Engineers to verify our innovative network display ASICs.

Generally the roles will focus on implementing and maintaining state of the art block and SoC level functional verification environments using SystemVerilog and OVM. Working under the direction of the Verification Architect you will be working closely with designers and firmware engineers to develop requirements driven verification plans and to prioritise your work. You will also work closely with other verifiers to ensure high levels of Verification Components’ re-use between block level environments and between block and SoC level environments. Verification sign-off will be done via the use of Functional Coverage techniques. The role will also involve developing and maintaining SVA and PSL.

The successful candidates will have a ‘can do’ attitude and will be passionate about verification and be willing to work on any part of the flow as required in this dynamic and exciting environment.

Both contract and permanent positions are available, contracts being an initial 3 months period.

Depending on the level, a number of the following will be required:

• High-level Verification Language experience (e.g. SystemVerilog (preferred), Vera, ‘e’ or SystemC)
• Experience of developing verification plans from scratch
• Experience of architecting layered, re-usable, self-checking testbenches
• Methodology experience (e.g. OVM(preferred), AVM,  RVM, VMM, eRM, uRM or OSCI TLM)
  

Experience of the following verification techniques:

• Constrained Random Testing
• Functional Coverage
• Assertion Based Verification and Coverage
• Scoreboards
• Protocol Monitors
• Experience of SoC designs
• RTL design (VHDL or Verilog)
• Good Engineering degree or equivalent
• Teamworking and Flexibility

Desirable Attributes:

• Formal equivalence checking
• C or Assembler programming
• FPGA experience
• Network/Interface experience (USB, Ethernet, 802.11x, PCIe)
• Video experience
• Experience of integrating external IP
• Comfortable with Linux operating system

Only direct applications will be considered for this position – NO AGENCIES

To apply for this position email us, quoting reference ASIC_Verif_09

Digital Silicon / IC / ASIC / System Architect - Cambridge, UK (permanent) - ref: Mon_SI_1

Due to the continued growth of DisplayLink and success of our products we are looking for an experienced, passionate and creative System Architect to help take ideas into reality, providing leading products over the coming years.  You may be using the title of System Architect, ASIC Architect, or IC Architect. Whatever you are called, we do not mind! With DisplayLink you will be defining the overall design of our silicon products, making system level design decisions on areas such as Video, USB, Wi-Fi, Bus Based systems, HDMI, processor and memory blocks, looking at externally supplied soft cores and internally designed features, including the silicon micro architecture, and working closely with the host software architects to ensure a successful system product architecture.  This would make the most of your broad experience of working with many different types of ASIC related circuits and systems in the past, and more recently at the system level considering the hardware and software interactions at ASIC level and system level.  You will act as a consultant to the ASIC team, helping the designers weigh trade-offs in circuit design, reviewing the functions desired by the designers and make recommendations to help improve performance, features, yield and feasibility, as well as provide models to support system verification.

Essential experience will include at least two successful complex digital chip designs from initial concept (e.g. a Powerpoint presentation) to validated silicon, excellent communication skills, working both with designers and sales and marketing.

The successful candidate would have a demonstrable and proven experience of system level thinking, including the interaction of embedded software with the chip, the host software and the chip, and issues such as software / hardware trade offs.

Only direct applications will be considered for this position – NO AGENCIES

To apply for this position email us, quoting reference Mon_SI_1

Field Application Engineers, Taiwan & Japan - ref: GEN_FAE_09

Continued growth of DisplayLink and the success of our products requires us to recruit additional Field Applications Engineers (FAE) to support our family of innovative networked display products in the field.  One FAE position is a permanent role to be based in Taipei, Taiwan, with extensive travel (expected to be up to 2 weeks per month) in Asia. This is an opportunity to work with some of the largest display companies in the world to help develop and deliver cutting-edge technology to consumers. The other FAE position will require slightly less travel and will be based in Japan, where you will work as a consultant to DisplayLink.

As part of a global development and technical support team you will provide expert technical support to existing and new external customers as well as to DisplayLink’s representatives / distribution channel partners.

You will assist customers to successfully complete their designs, using DisplayLink devices, in the shortest possible time, with minimum resource investments and at the most cost effective bill of material. In addition, you will have opportunities to define, specify and contribute to follow-on products and next generation devices.

Skills required include:

• Solid and demonstrable problem solving abilities, including a common sense approach.
  
• Good customer working ethic.
  
• Relevant technical experience with electronic system design, firmware and PC software.
  
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Desirable Skills:

• Detailed knowledge of graphics drivers, chip sets, high speed digital design, Windows OS.
  
• Technical degree.
• Knowledge of video standards.

Only direct applications will be considered for this position – NO AGENCIES

To apply for this position quoting the reference: GEN_FAE_09