Design Technical Competency Lead

Overview

Design Technical Competency Lead

Purpose of role

To define and lead engineering methodologies and technical strategies that drive innovation, efficiency, and alignment with industry standards. This role ensures scalable, standardized processes and provides expert consultation to support successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement technical strategies and methodologies across the organization.

• Displaying a customer focused approach by demonstrating clear and competent communication, issue resolution & delivery to expectations and sharing this approach with the team.

• Promote innovation through scalable, standardized engineering processes and tools.

• Identify best practice by networking widely and extensively with EDA and IP companies and their users in other companies as applicable to our ASIC projects.

• Ensure suitable design methodologies and flows are available, clearly documented and with suitable training provided for all project phases. Where required define R&D work packages for execution in R&D team.

• Collate feedback from Project Leads, Technical Leads and regional experts to identify areas for improvement.

• Collaborate with external partners to integrate cutting-edge methodologies and IPs.

• Should be able to contributes to technical white papers and present at internal and external conferences and will contribute to sales support as part of a team.

• Provide expert consultation and governance across customer projects.

• Act as a subject matter expert, supporting peer reviews and resolving complex technical issues.

• Ensure alignment between project execution and overarching technical strategy.

Qualifications

A relevant Engineering degree.

Skills & Experience

Essential

Soft skills

• A creative thinker, able to consolidate ideas from multiple sources into a relevant solution.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in your technical discipline, providing deep expertise and hands-on support across projects.

• Confidently present complex technical concepts to both customers and internal stakeholders in a clear, compelling manner.

• Strong presentation skills

• Act as a trusted advisor, bridging the gap between technical teams and non-technical audiences.

• Able to effectively work with and listen to external suppliers, to absorb knowledge and apply to ASIC projects

• Ability to implement the adoption of new tools and processes.

• Ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation in English, and to serve as an editor for reviewing and refining the work of others..

Technical Skills

• Typically, 10+ years’ experience in the semiconductor industry

• A technical guru in the field of RTL design and associated front-end methodologies

• Understanding of RTL optimization and "shift-left" concepts

• Experience of all design-check tool types including:

•  Lint, CDC, RDC, LEC, SDC checks, DFT design checks

• Deep awareness of data integrity, including database management, SCM tools and audit trails

• Proven capability as a problem solver with an ability to coach and train engineers

• Rolling out and maintaining clear technical documentation and training materials

•  Working with EDA tool vendors to chose and maintain a contemporary set of installations and co-ordinate higher-level vendor support

• Presentation of complex technical concepts to internal stakeholders and industrial partners in a clear and compelling manner

Desirable

• Low-power design techniques

• Algorithmic approaches to design automation/quality improvement, including AI tools

• Functional Safety

• Requirements Management

• QMS concepts and integration with technical project methodology

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 Aion’s behaviours and embraces and promotes Aion’s 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.