Analog Design, Principal Engineer

• Review SerDes standards to develop novel transceiver architectures and sub-block specifications.
• Investigate and develop circuit architectures that address architectural bottlenecks and lead to revolutionary improvements in power, area and performance targets.
• Work across project and department teams to streamline design and verification strategies ensure overall design quality, efficiency and performance.
• Oversee physical layout to minimize the effect of parasitics, device stress, and process variation.
• Present & review simulation data from internal project teams. Present results externally at industry panels or at customer reviews.
• Document design features and test plans.
• Consult on the overall electrical characterization of the SerDes IP product. Analyze customer silicon data for design enhancements. Propose solutions for post-silicon design updates.

Job Requirements

• MTech/MS with 12+ years, Btech/BS with 14+ years of practical analog IC design experience; degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or other relevant field of study
• Experience with FinFET technologies
• In depth familiarity with transistor level circuit design - sound CMOS design fundamentals, experience with CMOS tape-outs
• Good understanding of Multi Gbps range High speed designs including PAM4 SerDes Architectures
• Extensive design experience with at least one, and familiarity with several other SerDes sub-circuits (ie. TX, RX ,adaptive Equalizers-(FIR, DFE, CTLE), PLL, DLL, BGR, Regulators, Injection locked oscillators, ADC, DAC etc)
• Experience with analog/digital interactions for optimizing circuit performance (calibration, adaptation, timing-handoff, etc)
• Aware of ESD issues (ie. circuit techniques, layout)
• Familiarity with custom digital design (ie. high speed logic paths)
• Knowledge of design for reliability (ie. EM, IR, aging, self heating etc )
• Knowledge of layout effects (ie. matching, reliability, proximity effects, etc )
• Experience with tools for schematic entry, physical layout, and design verification
• Knowledge of SPICE simulators and simulation methods
• Exposure to scripting for post processing of simulation results (ie. TCL, PERL, MATLAB etc )
• Some knowledge of system level budgeting (ie. jitter, amplitude, noise, etc )
• Aware of signal integrity issues (ie. effects of packaging, board parasitics, crosstalk, noise)
• Good communication and documentation skills