Senior Analog and Mixed Signal Engineer

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

6d•$168,000 - $310,500

About The Position

NVIDIA’s global circuits team designs state-of-the-art GPUs for applications including supercomputers, gaming consoles, and self-driving cars. The team focuses on architecture and design of CMOS high-speed chip interfaces and complex analog functions. In this role, you will help design and implement high-speed interfaces and complex mixed-signal circuits using sub-micron CMOS technologies and EDA tools. You will contribute to architecture studies, circuit design and simulation, floor-planning, mask-design instruction, reliability verification, silicon bring-up, physical design, silicon evaluation, and technology transfer to product development teams.

Requirements

BSEE or equivalent experience; an MS is preferred.
At least 6 years of industry experience in deep-submicron CMOS technologies.
Analytical and intuitive understanding of transistor-level analog design, layout, and simulation.
Hands-on design experience with performance analog and hybrid phase-locked loops and ADC/DAC data converters.
Experience with analog subcells such as VCOs, LDOs, bandgaps, charge pumps, op-amps, and interpolator circuits.
Experience with deep-submicron processes.
Experience with simulation tools such as Spectre, HSPICE, AFS, MATLAB, SystemVerilog, and Python.
Proficiency with Cadence custom circuit design tools such as ADE-L and ADE-XL.
Understanding and experience running Monte Carlo and noise simulations and stability analysis.
Ability to understand DRC and LVS results using verification tools such as Calibre, ICV, or similar.
Ability to work effectively in a team, with good interpersonal skills, enthusiasm, and positive energy.

Nice To Haves

Experience with digital PLLs, TDC, or DSP and control theory related to digital PLLs.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or MATLAB.
An MS degree.

Responsibilities

Design and implement high-speed interfaces and complex mixed-signal circuits using sub-micron CMOS technologies and EDA tools.
Design high-speed analog and hybrid phase-locked loops and associated blocks, including VCOs, charge pumps, dividers, state machines, LDOs, bandgaps, TDCs, interpolators, and high-speed buffers.
Design ADC and DAC data converters, contributing to architecture development and transistor-level circuit design of associated blocks such as comparators, digital state machines, and high-performance op-amps.
Work with mask-design engineers to deliver physical design and with characterization groups on silicon evaluation.
Support technology transfer to product-development teams.
Conduct architecture studies, circuit designs and simulations, floor-planning, mask-designer instruction, reliability verification, and silicon bring-up.