Job Description

Staff 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

• Must have experience in at least one preferably multiple area of full CMOS circuit design and development in:
  • Baseband amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, wide bandwdith 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 electromigration
• Experience working with distributed design teams a plus
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• MSEE with 12+ years of experience in circuit design and development

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