Systems Architect (EK-64000475)

Cirrus Logic•Austin, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, which was built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn’t do it without our extraordinary workforce – and that’s where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career! Cirrus Logic seeks a highly motivated, technically skilled System Architect to join our Systems Architecture team. Responsibility for defining and architect the next generation of Cirrus’s market-leading Mixed signal audio, haptic, power management, precision sensing, and other solutions. You will be involved in the complete life-cycle of product development, starting with a strong focus on analysis, concept feasibility study, and solution definition, working directly with design teams on key architecture aspects.

Requirements

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and proven experience designing mixed-signal ICs and some experience performing IC architectural decisions
Good knowledge of either: analog and mixed-signal IC design techniques or digital design techniques (audio circuit design, codec architectures, low-power design techniques, silicon processes, transducers, etc.)
Broad system-level knowledge across the wider application space
Strong analytical and modeling skills

Nice To Haves

Innovative and creative problem solver
Significant experience in architecting, specifying, and designing low-power, mixed-signal components for consumer, industrial, or automotive markets
Self-motivated and driven, with the ability to manage own workload
Excellent attention to detail with a strong quality ethic

Responsibilities

Collaborate with tier one customers, marketing, design, software, and applications teams to define the next-generation solutions products for consumer, industrial and automotive electronics markets.
Determine hardware/software trade-off analysis for key features and requirements, defining the optimal system implementation.
Establish architecture definition for complex IC/SoC designs involving a range of power converters, including charge pumps and switching power converters, as well as class AB/D amplifiers, DACs/ADCs, MCUs, and DSPs.
Lead architecture reviews and participate in IC-level design reviews and board-level design reviews with design engineering, applications, validation and product test engineers.
Work with Design Engineering, Advanced Technology, and IP teams on novel solutions to satisfy product and customer needs.
Communicate ideas and specifications to technical audiences (internal and external customers).
Understand finer details of customer architectures, road-maps, and likely evolution of said architectures and work with Marketing to propose the best technical solutions to enhance Customer products.
Keep abreast of the competitive environment influencing the Customer.