Principal Mixed-Signal/Analog Design Engineer – Power/ATE
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America
Full Time
4 days ago
$149,226 - $216,087 USD
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Key skills
LeadershipCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
Evaluate and Develop Architectures: Create and specify individual circuit blocks.
Perform system-level analysis to develop optimal system implementations.
Design and Verification: Conduct detailed circuit design, simulations, and verification of Highly Linear Amplifiers, Bias blocks, Switches, DFX, Digital I/O, LDO’s, ADCs and DACs.
Oversee analog and mixed-signal circuits ICs from concept through production release.
Participate in design optimization for power, performance, and area, and ensure compliance with rigorous quality standards.
Additionally, you will provide technical guidance to junior engineers and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive innovative solutions and deliver successful products to market.
Work with digital design and design verification teams on block and system integration and verification at the chip and system level.
Layout Supervision: Supervise layout and conduct post-layout simulations.
Documentation and Reviews: Prepare documentation and conduct design reviews.
Lab Evaluation and Debug: Perform lab evaluation and debug and provide test development and guidance to test evaluation teams.
Cross-Functional Interaction: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and specifications.
Requirements
MSEE or Equivalent: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Advanced Knowledge: Expertise in Highly Linear Amplifiers, Bias blocks, Switches, DFX, Digital I/O, LDO’s, ADCs and DACs.
Communication Skills: Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, with team working experience and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Proven Track Record: Demonstrated success in designing, leading, and introducing products to the market.
Technical Leadership: Ability to provide technical leadership across a wide range of engineering disciplines on highly complex products, processes, and projects.
Cadence Tools Expertise: Extensive experience with and advanced knowledge of Cadence design, simulation, layout, and verification tools for analog and mixed-signal designs.
Semiconductor Background: Solid understanding of semiconductor basics, including the device physics of CMOS transistors, diodes, MIM capacitors, integrated inductors, and implanted resistors.
Transistor-Level Design: Strong intuitive and analytical understanding of transistor-level design, with good working knowledge of small signal and large signal CMOS device models.
Circuit Analysis Skills: Extensive circuit analysis skills, recognizing potential problems due to model limitations, high-frequency effects, and device temperature effects.
Lab Experience: Experience characterizing and debugging mixed-signal designs.
Package and Layout Intuition: Good intuition of package and layout parasitics, with experience in extracted simulations.