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Job Description
- To plan and lead digital development and design projects
- Mentor junior members of the digital design team
- Responsible for all aspects of digital blocks and ICs development to meet product requirements from the initial concept, architecture and specification all the way through to the final verification
- Responsible for all phases of the design cycle (requirements gathering, specification, modeling, RTL, verification, synthesis, timing closure, DFT and vector generation and simulation, lab testing, layout support and documentation)
- Plan, lead and execute incremental updates and maintenance of existing digital designs, test systems, and supporting scripts
- Plan, conduct and contribute to design reviews, provide input to characterization and qualification test systems, and support backend design targeting silicon, FPGAs, and system simulators
- Work closely with hardware, VLSI, System, production, applications, and platform teams to develop and optimize the chip functionality and performance
- Lab testing and debugging the design all the way from first silicon to productization
- Work with the applications engineers to provide adequate training and help address customer issues
Job Requirements
Basic Requirements
- University degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering
- Minimum 5-7 years of digital ASIC or FPGA design experience depending on the position
- Very good project management skills
- Experience in VHDL and/or Verilog design and simulation
- Front-end tools experience (Synopsys, Cadence and/or Mentor’s) and flow experience are highly desired including verification, simulators, synthesis, STA, DFT/ ATPG/RAMBIST, back-annotation and gate simulations
- Experience with backend tools and flow as well as with floor planning or with coordinating with the backend team is essential
- Highly motivated and independently driven
- Excellent command of English (verbal and written)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Additional qualifications
- Experience with firmware development or interfacing with the firmware team is a strong plus
- Experience with DSP algorithm, communications concepts and building blocks is a strong plus
- Hands-on experience with scripting (csh, Tcl/Tk, Perl,… etc)
- Hands-on experience with debugging hardware issues using scopes and logic analyzers with good analytical and debugging skills
- Ability to work with global, cross-functional teams is a strong plus