Company Description

Synaptics is the leading worldwide developer of user interfaces olutions 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, team oriented, IC design engineer with strong digital design, synthesis, and verification expertise.  In this role, the engineer will be responsible for the design and verification of highly integrated, mixed-signal ICs that implement innovative capacitive and other touch sensing technologies as well as LCD drivers for the mobile market.  You should halve good knowledge of RTL coding using Verilog, logic synthesis, timing analysis and DFT.  Responsibilities include:

• Detailed Logic design, simulation, synthesis, and verification fo RTL code (Verilog) for digital sub-systems of system-on-a-chip (SOC) ICs.
• Work closely with Layout Team on place & route and timing closure.
• Use programming languages (C, Perl, TCL, etc.) to improve the efficiency of the design and verification tasks.
• Schedule tasks and goals to complete designs on time that meet all specifications.

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5 or more years of industry experience is required.
• Design skills and experience at the RTL-level (Verilog).
• Experience in using IC design environment such as Synopsys VCS/DVE or Cadence NC-Sim is required.
• A good understanding of testability and design-for-test (DFT), ATPG, BIST.
• Working knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as C/C++, Perl, TCL, etc.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) tools such as Cadence AMS-Designer or Mentor ADMS.
• Firmware development (using C or Assembly) experience.