Staff Memory Circuit Design Engineer
Core
Design and build memory or circuit blocks at the gate or transistor level for foundation IP in AI products.
Role type
Staff Memory Circuit Design Engineer
Builds
foundation IP for AI products including memory compilers, logic cells, and custom macros
Domain
Semiconductor / Analog & Mixed-Signal Design
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
transistor-level circuit design, transistor-level simulation, post-layout simulation, floorplanning, timing/power characterization, automation scripting, memory behavioral modeling, silicon test planning
Preferred skills
device physics, signal integrity analysis, EM/IR analysis, reliability analysis, DFT schemes, chip-level integration
Technologies
transistor-level simulators, layout tools, characterization flow tools
Responsibilities
Design and build memory or circuit blocks at the gate or transistor level; Simulate and analyze the circuit design using transistor level simulators; Extract the layout and perform post-layout simulations and verification; Floorplan physical implementation and layout integration of design components; Integrate characterization flow to extract timing and power information; Develop scripts to automate characterization flow, simulations, and verification; Specify and verify various behavioral and physical memory models; Document the design specifications, behavioral description, and timing diagrams; Help specify silicon test plan and correlate silicon to simulation data
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC
