Motor control chip design and embedded firmware tools for appliances, drones, and industrial systems
Spintrol designs integrated motor control semiconductors and embedded tools, spun out from Fairchild's motor control division in 2014. The engineering-heavy organization (80% technical staff, 9 of 11 current roles) is accelerating hiring across junior and mid-level IC design and firmware positions. Active projects span chip architecture, analog verification, and production tooling (mass-production test, MCU configuration tools, serial download utilities), while pain points center on yield optimization and simplifying embedded development—a profile consistent with a fabless chipmaker scaling manufacturing partnerships.
Spintrol is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Shanghai with offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, focused on motor control integrated circuits and embedded software stacks. Founded by former leaders from Fairchild, Marvell, and Intel, the company develops high-integration motor control MCUs and algorithms targeting white goods, consumer drones, industrial automation, and automotive applications. The product line emphasizes dynamic response, energy efficiency, and low acoustic noise. Customers include major OEMs and appliance manufacturers across Asia and globally. The technical team is predominantly master's-level engineers recruited from tier-one universities (UC Berkeley, Tsinghua, Shanghai Jiao Tong, Zhejiang, Huazhong).
C/C++, FPGA, Verilog, SystemVerilog, Python, MATLAB, Cadence Virtuoso, HSPICE, Spectre, LLVM, Linux, and CAN/I2C protocols for hardware and firmware design.
Shanghai, China, with branch offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. All hiring is currently China-based.
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