Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer

Broadcom•Fort Collins, CO

9d•$109,700 - $175,500•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves the design of analog blocks, systems, or sub-systems using behavioral modeling and transistor-level circuit design tools. The engineer will be responsible for implementing and optimizing circuit architectures and transistor-level solutions to meet performance, power consumption, and cost requirements. The position requires collaboration with a team of analog and digital engineers, overseeing the physical layout of circuits, defining internal chip interfaces, and reviewing chip package pinout/ballout and routes. The engineer will also design and review PC test board schematics, characterize IC performance using lab equipment, debug performance issues, and develop production tests with automatic test engineers. Documentation of operation and performance is also a key responsibility. The role includes designing critical IPs such as opamps, comparators, bandgaps, ADCs, DACs, current sensors, temperature sensors, LDOs, rectifiers, buck converters, boost converters, buck-boost converters, and battery chargers. The applicant may function as an individual contributor or lead small design teams in architecture definition, design, verification, and documentation of IC products. Simulation verification will encompass corner simulation, Monte-Carlo mismatch analysis, aging, and device over-voltage stress analysis for both pre and post-layout efforts.

Requirements

Proficiency in analog design and in-depth knowledge of CMOS devices.
In-depth knowledge of analog and high-voltage layout techniques.
Intuitive understanding and ability to optimize circuit power, area, and performance.
Skill running simulations, doing layout design and performing verification and extraction.
Design environment/experience with CAD tools and thorough working knowledge of Cadence design tools.
Transistor-level design (Cadence Analog artist).
Layout tools (Cadence Virtuoso).
Verification/extraction.
Experimental verification/ATE support.
Good communication skills.
Able to work in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of switched power supplies, high-voltage BCD technologies and high-voltage/power circuitry is highly desirable.
Bench testing knowledge for post-silicon evaluation is a plus.

Responsibilities

Design analog blocks, systems or sub-systems using a combination of behavioral modeling tools and transistor-level circuit design tools.
Implement and optimize circuit architectures and transistor-level circuit solutions to achieve challenging performance, power consumption and cost requirements.
Take responsibility for projects with a team of analog and digital engineers.
Draw or oversee the drawing of the custom physical layout of these circuits.
Work with others to define circuit board components to be used with these circuits.
Define requirements for internal chip interfaces between the analog and digital circuits.
Review the chip package pinout/ballout and review and revise the chip package route with package layout engineers.
Design and/or review the PC test board schematics used for testing the IC performance.
Characterize the performance of these ICs using lab equipment.
Debug performance problems found during characterization of these analog circuits.
Work with automatic test engineers (ATE) to develop production tests for these circuits.
Document the operation and performance of these analog circuits.
Responsible for the design of critical IPs such as opamps, comparators, bandgaps, ADCs, DACs, current sensors, temperature sensors, LDOs, rectifiers, buck converters, boost converters, buck-boost converters and battery chargers.
Act as an individual contributor or direct small design teams to facilitate the architecture definition, design, verification, and documentation of IC products.
Perform simulation verification including corner simulation, monte-carlo mismatch analysis, aging, and device over-voltage stress analysis for both pre and postlayout efforts.