Careers and Jobs

US based firm Microsemi has announced that it will create 315 new jobs over the next 18 months at its facility in Ennis, Co Clare. Microsemi designs and manufactures integrated circuits and semiconductors. The positions will be in manufacturing, technical support and sales. Only last May that Microsemi changed a decision to phase out its operations in Ennis. Great jobs news and a Christmas present for County Clare.

Interviews Ireland

Xilinx employ 400 staff at its European HQ in Ireland and 3,800 staff worldwide. These numbers will increase slightly with news of the creation of 20 new jobs in a new Global Customer Engineering Division.

This new division will enable faster delivery of products to market, cost-effectively, and with improved performance. Xilinx’s design function works with many of the top players in the electronics sector to produce programmable devices for a wide range of advanced systems.

This news ends the week on a high. Enjoy the weekend and bring on more positive announcements next week like this one with Xilinx in Ireland.