IO Mixed Signal Design Engineer

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Job Description:

As a member of Microchip’s engineering community, the IO mixed signal design engineer will be responsible for integration and verification of mixed signal blocks in high-speed IO’s in FPGA’s. The successful candidate will also be involved in IO block and top level design integration and verification.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop analog circuits for high-speed DDR and other IO applications in advanced FinFET nodes
• Work with IO lead to understand the design requirements and translate them into circuit architectures and implement and simulate them.
• Circuit design, simulation and optimization of various IO blocks such as clocking (PI, DLL, PLL), CTLE, VGA, Tx, Rx, DFE, etc.
• Develop the calibration and training algorithms of various sub-blocks in the IO’s to meet high-speed performance.
• Work closely with layout engineers on floorplan and placement of their designs. Create efficient power delivery and signal routing topology to reduce congestion.
• Create Verilog and functional models for their designs. Perform AMS simulation to verify functionality of designs.
• Evaluate new design architectures and circuit implementation techniques to continuously improve the current and future IO design.
• Support IO Mixed-Signal IP through post-tapeout phase, including lab testing, customer bring-up and debug

Requirements/Qualifications:

Experience Required

• 8+ years of experience in design and verification of mixed signal blocks in complex SoC.
• Experience with Virtuoso schematic capture tool.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6years of successful prior IO development and verification efforts.
• Competency in HSPICE, co-sim, and testbench generation and simulation.
• Knowledge about high-speed design techniques (DDRx, PCI-e, USB) and calibrations from an architectural and circuit design standpoint.
• Demonstrated competency in scripting, managing simulation queues, and data capture plus presentation using Microsoft Office tools, including Excel.
• Power analysis.
• Good analytical, oral and written communication skills
• Able to write clean, readable presentations.
• Self-motivated, proactive team player.
• Ability to work to schedule requirements.

Beneficial Experience

• Experience in ASIC methodology and familiarity with ASIC tools like Innovus and Tempus.
• Experience with FPGA is preferred.
• Experience with Memory interfaces and SerDes interfaces.
• Familiarity with DFT and place and route.

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