Senior IC Design Engineer - United Kingdom - Whiteley, United Kingdom
Originally posted 1 June 2026 by the employer — open 101 days. Relisted by the employer on 22 June 2026.
Join the Human Machine Interface Division (HMID) working on maXTouch® capacitive sensing technology.
About the role
This role involves shaping touch controllers and system-level HMI solutions. You will work on the Capacitive Touch Engine (CTE) design and development.
What you'll do
- Take ownership of Capacitive Touch Engine (CTE) design and development.
- Define and optimise CTE acquisition sequencing and control architecture.
- Design, implement, and verify RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog) for sensing and signal processing.
- Develop high-performance embedded routines to control AFE acquisition and processing.
- Support silicon bring-up, debug, and feature validation.
- Investigate and resolve complex system issues across analog, digital, and firmware domains.
What you'll need
- Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Physics, or related discipline.
- 5+ years of industry experience in digital or mixed-signal IC design.
- Expertise in RTL design and verification.
- Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog.
- Expertise in Embedded C programming.
- Solid understanding of microcontroller architectures.
- Experience with modelling, scripting, or data analysis (Python, MATLAB or similar).
Nice to have
- Experience with PIC, ARM, or embedded MCU platforms.
- Exposure to functional safety or automotive standards (e.g. ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, IEC/UL 60730).
- Knowledge of capacitive touch sensing systems.
- Familiarity with display technologies (OLED, micro-LED, large-format touch systems).
Skills: capacitive sensing, maXTouch, digital design, validation, firmware, system-level design
This role has been open 176 days — well above the 79-day median for Mixed-Signal Design roles.
Mixed-Signal Design · Mixed Signal
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Open roles in category
173
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$178k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (173 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 8 | 173 |
| Median days open | 168 d | 79 d (+89 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: capacitive sensing, maXTouch, digital design, validation, firmware, system-level design
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices · 25 open roles · median 117 d
- Infineon Technologies · 14 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA · 12 open roles · median 51 d
- SiTime · 11 open roles · median 169 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 55 d
- Microchip Technology (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 168 d
How we counted: 173 open Mixed-Signal Design (Mixed Signal) roles from 44 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Figures refresh nightly.