PLL CIRCUIT DESIGN ENGINEER
Remote candidates are acceptable as long as they are in the US.
The Role
We are searching for an experienced Circuit Design Engineer to join the fast-growing PLL design team, responsible for defining, specifying, and implementing current and future advanced PLL IPs powering products.
Join a dynamic team and give a boost to your personal career in a challenging and fascinating ever-growing, never-boring area! Looking forward to welcoming you in the team!
The Person
Solid knowledge Analog Circuit Design in FinFET technology specifically in PLLs and associated subblocks including VCO, charge-pump, dividers, state machines, LDO, feedback and compensation techniques, bandgap, TDC, interpolator circuits, high speed buffers etc.
Solid knowledge of industry standard tools and practices for analog circuit design
Good knowledge in Physical design, STA, methodology scripts (Tcl), knowledge on Perl, Python
Quality-oriented mindset
Strong and effective communication skills and team spirit
Key Responsibilities
Design of building blocks of a PLL including architecture development and transistor level circuit design
Run pre-tapeout verification flows to confirm design meets performance, power, reliability and timing requirements.
Work closely with mask design engineers to deliver the physical design as well as define production/bench-level test plans with post-silicon characterization groups for silicon evaluation to ensure interlocked and high-quality execution
Preferred Experience
5-8 years of professional experience in the semiconductor industry
Experience in FinFET & Dual Patterning nodes such as 16/14/10/7nm
Hands-on design experience in performance analog and hybrid Phase Locked Loops, analog-to-digital (ADC), digital-to-analog (DAC) data converter, VCO, LDO, bandgap, charge pump, op-amps, interpolator circuits.
Experience with the following is a plus: Digital PLL techniques, TDC or DSP and control theory experience related to digital PLLs, Dual charge-pump PLL designs, Fractional-N PLLs, spread-spectrum PLLs.
Proficient with Cadence custom circuit design tools like ADE-L and ADE-XL and running Monte-Carlo, noise, aging, EM and IR drop simulations and stability analysis.
Have good experience with simulation tools such as Spectre, Hspice, AFS, and MATLAB, System Verilog, Python.
Capable of understanding DRC and LVS results with verification tools (Calibre, ICV, or like)
Proficiency in scripting languages like Perl, Python, matlab etc. is a plus.
Able to work effectively in a team, with good interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and positive energy High-frequency design experience
Possess strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to details
Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion
Academic Credentials
Master's in electrical engineering or equivalent preferred
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