Sr Design Engineer
Core
Design and develop custom IO circuits, transistor-level designs, and support silicon bring-up for semiconductor products.
Role type
Senior IC analog/mixed-signal design engineer (IO circuits)
Builds
Custom IO circuits, ESD protection, level shifters, buffers, and drivers for silicon chips
Domain
Semiconductor / Analog & Mixed-Signal Design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
CMOS device physics, Analog circuit design, IO architectures, ESD design, Cadence Virtuoso, SPICE simulation (Spectre/HSPICE), LVS/DRC/EMIR, Process corners, Monte Carlo analysis
Preferred skills
DDR4/DDR5/USB/PCIe/MIPI/Ethernet interfaces, Package modeling, SI/PI analysis, ESD standards (HBM/CDM/IEC), Silicon validation, Python/Perl/Tcl/SKILL scripting, IBIS/IBIS-AMI modeling
Responsibilities
Design custom IO circuits (GPIO, LVDS, DDR, SerDes), perform transistor-level design and simulation, conduct pre/post-layout simulations, perform signal integrity analysis, drive layout reviews, support silicon bring-up and debugging, develop design documentation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC