Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Mixed-signal/analog designer will be responsible for the design of high performance analog circuit blocks.
• Responsibilities include block level and transistor level circuit design and simulation, layout supervision and verification, preparation of test plan for the test group, product characterization, simulation-bench and bench to test correlation, bench evaluation both at the silicon level and at the applications level, and documentation.
• Job responsibilities involve the ability to communicate with all levels and other groups, and requires having good verbal and written communications skills.
• Engineer must have a demonstrated track record of circuit innovation, be a team player, be adaptable, and accept criticism.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Must have experience in at least one, preferably multiple areas, of full CMOS circuit design and development in:
  • Baseband amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, wide bandwith amplifiers
  • High performance high resolution ADC and DAC
  • High speed drivers and receivers, CDR, equalization
  • Power management, LDO regulators and high stability references
• Must have experience in 40nm and below full CMOS technology
• Must have a demonstrable track record of successful design releases and mass production
• Must have thorough knowledge of industry standard EDA tools from Cadence
• Experience with layout of high performance analog blocks such as analog to digital converters, references, digital to analog converters etc.
• Experience with floor planning, block level routing and top level chip routing
• Knowledge of high performance analog layout techniques such as common centroid layout, shielding, use of dummy devices, thermal aware layout with consideration for electro-migration
• MSEE with 12+ years of experience in circuit design and development

SKILLS:

• Experience working with distributed design teams a plus
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

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