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IRC31721 - Staff Analog and Mixed-Signal Design Engineer


Company Name: Synaptics Approximate Salary: Not Specified
Location: Santa Clara, Country: United States
Industry: Engineering Position type: Full Time
Experience level: 5+ years Education level: Master's Degree


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Company Description

  
   
 

Synaptics is the leading worldwide developer of user interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices. Our mission is to enrich the interaction between users and their intelligent devices. Synaptics products emphasize ease of use, small size, low power consumption, advanced functionality, durability and reliability, making them applicable to a multitude of markets, including notebook computers, PC peripherals, mobile phones, and portable entertainment devices such as MP3 players.
   

Job Responsibilities

  
   
 

The IC design team is searching for a hands-on and team oriented IC design engineer with strong analog and mixed-signal design expertise. In this role, the engineer will be responsible for the design and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits that implement innovative touch sensing and mobile display driver technologies. We are looking for a self-motivated experienced engineer who will take a lead role in our development teams, working closely with our marketing and applications team as well as directly with customers in the definition of new projects. This will likely involve extensive interaction with existing and future customers to ensure that the architectures employed represent the optimum balance of power, size, cost and accuracy.  Responsibilities include:

 

·       Help define new products, circuit designs and architectures for the touch and display controller markets

·       Interface with test, product and applications engineers to successfully bring new products from initial concept through release to production

·       Carrying out detailed analog and mixed-signal circuit analysis using both hand analysis and computer simulation at both the transistor & top level

·       Writing internal and external documents and publications that describe the new circuit architectures and designs

·       Gain an in-depth knowledge of process technologies

·       Drive silicon performance evaluation in the lab and analyze pre-production test data

·       Assisting customers with new and existing designs regarding RF interference mitigation

·       Work closely with layout team on critical blocks

·       Schedule tasks and goals to complete designs on time that meet all specifications.

·       Produce or contribute to product design support materials (data sheets, articles, app notes, develop design tools, etc.)

Required Qualifications

  
   
 

The candidate should have excellent knowledge of analog and mixed-signal electronics, be capable of accepting technical lead responsibility and have good interpersonal skills. The person should have a track record of initiative and innovation in their previous design experience. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and quick to adopt new technologies. Exceptional interpersonal, time management and communication skills are critical for working with engineering and product development groups. He/She must have the ability to multi-task, thus ensuring timely completion of several complex independent tasks.

 

·       MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) with expertise in analog and mixed-signal CMOS IC design

·       Over 12 years of industry experience in transistor-level design of full-custom CMOS analog building blocks (especially low voltage) including but not limited to: amplifiers, comparators, mixers, data converters (both Nyquist-rate & oversampled), active filters (continuous time & switched capacitor), oscillators, high speed serial interfaces, and power supplies (DC/DC Converters).

·       Keen knowledge of physical layout and thorough understanding of related issues.

·       Experience in using Cadence custom IC design tools: analog circuit simulation (Spectre and Ultrasim), mixed-signal simulation (Analog Artist, AMS-Designer).

·       Must have excellent communication skills and ability to work independently.

·       Candidate should be prepared to discuss successful experiences in solving problems creatively, innovative circuit designs, taking initiative and ability to follow through.

Desired Qualifications

  
   
 

 

·       Top-down design using analog and digital hardware description languages (i.e., Verilog/VHDL, Verilog-A, and Verilog-AMS)

·       Experience with specification, architecture, and floorplanning for mixed-signal integrated circuits

·       Experience with system-level issues and top-down design methodology; high level circuit modeling experience using a tool such as Matlab

·       Display Driver architecture development and design experience on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or similar platforms

·       Hands on circuit design experience in RF communications systems; strong RF measurement lab skills

·       Digital design skill and experience (Verilog RTL and Synopsis)