Digital Design Engineer

Analog Devices•San Jose, CA

About The Position

The Edinburgh team is seeking a Principal Digital Design Engineer to grow its talented group located in San Jose, U.S.A. ADI’s Personal Electronics Solutions Group has been leading the industry, working with the world’s leading consumer companies, providing high value audio solutions for the portable, wearable, and gaming markets. We are poised for significant growth as we enter the next phase, driven by the insatiable consumer demand for new technologies and access to information. The successful candidate will join a diverse team that is motivated, supportive, and eager to share its knowledge. It is the ideal place to enhance both technical expertise and interpersonal skills, whilst collaborating with our design teams worldwide.

Requirements

MSEE + minimum 15+ years of relevant experience or BSEE + 20 years relevant experience in Semiconductor industry doing digital standard cell-based IC design using Verilog, performing Linting/CDC/RDC checks, synthesis, timing analysis, PnR, power analysis and physical verification tools
Demonstrated Experience (“DE”) developing digital front end circuit architecture, designing consumer products, integrating micro-processors such as RISC-V, and modeling signal processing hardware utilizing MATLAB and Simulink
Utilize abstract design models such as Register Transfer Level (RTL) to design and verify signal processing blocks, clock control managers, and finite state machines
Strong track record of development products in volume production including design lead roles
Experience with design for testability, scan insertion, scan pattern debugging
Familiarity with Cadence and Synopsys design tools
DE verifying digital designs using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), SystemVerilog (SV) Assertions, Formal verification Techniques and Verification IP (VIP) development
Experience debugging ICs and associated evaluation systems in a lab environment
Excellent communication skills, ability to work within a cross functional team and understanding of the complete digital design flow are musts for this position

Nice To Haves

Experience with Matlab and Simulink
Expertise with Signal Processing concepts such as Digital Filters, Interpolation/Decimation and Delta-Sigma Converters
Experience with integration of micro-processors such as ARM and RISC-V MCU 8051 IDE
Versatile in communication protocols such as I2C, I2S SPI
Experience with multiple power domains
Experience with clock domains, bus arbiter control.
Knowledge of SRAM, ROM and Flash memory
Passion for Audio
Proactive and growth mindset, ability to work independently

Responsibilities

Be responsible for the architecture, design, emulation, and verification of the digital portion of Analog Devices audio products
Drive improvements in new product cycle time, design quality, design methodology and engineering productivity
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and customers to ensure future products meet the demands of the market
Work closely with support organizations to ensure suitable design, verification, and emulation tools are available and utilized
Initiate innovation and continuous improvement. Run feasibility studies and innovation
Use latest EDA tools to continually improve quality and design cycles
Lead design projects with estimation, planning, tracking and QA to ensure accomplishing design goals
Verify complex System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions with exposure to advanced methodologies such as UVM
Work with the Analog design team and chip lead to identify partitioning and block requirements
Support DFT strategy and implementation
Mentor junior design engineers within the group. Support customer, vendor foundry
Collaborate with other designers and layout team members to integrate the digital blocks into the chip top level
Perform the chip level verification before the tape out process
Conduct circuit design reviews before taping out
Perform silicon wake up and debug. Generate production test vectors, support test development and ramp to production
Support the ATE team to develop an automated test solution and the application team to enable final products.