SWINDON Silicon Systems Ltd, a leading global provider of mixed signal ASICs, is helping to train the next generation of engineers. The Swindon based company that designs application specific integrated circuits – the tiny “brains” that control electronic devices like mobile phones, SatNavs and hearing aids – is providing summer placements for two undergraduate engineers. The young engineers will gain valuable experience working on real projects in a high tech environment.
Robyn Moates, who is reading Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Cambridge, had placements in 2011 and 2012 with automotive electronics company Schrader, where she was talent spotted and referred to sister company SWINDON. She will spend three months working on a development project with Technical Director, Clive Bunney.
With an improbable name for the wireless world of ASICs, Tom Cable is no stranger to SWINDON. Tom is about to start the final year of his MEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Bristol, sponsored by SWINDON, having spent last year as an affiliate student at Seattle University. He was placed with SWINDON through the UK Electronic Skills Foundation Scholarship programme in 2012 and is returning for an eight week placement.
SWINDON’s Managing Director, Geoff Hall, says, “It’s a pleasure to welcome these youngsters into our company and to help in their formation as engineers. The UK leads the world in ASIC technology, and we need to develop the next generation to keep us there.”
About SWINDON Silicon Systems
SWINDON, the leader in high quality, high performance mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), is part of Schrader International, the global automotive and industrial system component supplier. SWINDON’s UK based design team has developed ultra-low power, high speed ASICs for a wide range of applications from consumer electronics to defence and medicine, and the company’s state of the art wafer probe and ATE test facilities ensure an unrivalled ASIC solution offering. Amongst many high quality, innovative and cost effective developments for the automotive industry, SWINDON’s Tyre Pressure Monitoring System ASICs, meet over 50% of the global demand. SWINDON is TS 19449 Accredited.
