Lead

Broadcom•Irvine, CA

1d•$109,700 - $175,500

About The Position

This role involves designing 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 challenging noise, distortion, power consumption, and cost requirements. The position also entails taking responsibility for projects with teams of analog engineers, overseeing the custom physical layout of circuits, defining circuit board components, and establishing internal chip interfaces between analog and digital circuits. Additionally, the role includes reviewing chip package pinouts/ballouts, collaborating with package layout engineers on chip package routes, designing and reviewing PC test board schematics, characterizing IC performance using lab equipment, debugging performance issues, working with automatic test engineers (ATE) to develop production tests, and documenting the operation and performance of analog circuits.

Requirements

Proficiency in analog design including high speed amplifiers (up to hundreds of MHz).
Proficiency in high speed comparator design.
In-depth knowledge of CMOS devices.
Proficiency in simulation techniques and tools including RF.
Proficiency in system analysis of noise, linearity, power optimization.
In depth knowledge of analog and RF 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.
System level design tools (e.g. MatLab).
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

RF design knowledge is highly desirable.
Knowledge of analog and mixed signal IP design including ADCs, DACs, references, oscillators, LDOs is highly desirable.
Knowledge of switched power supplies is highly desirable.
Post-graduate coursework may be desirable.

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 a variety of challenging noise, distortion, power consumption and cost requirements.
Take responsibility for projects with teams of analog 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.