Staff Engineer, High-Speed I/O Analog-Mixed Circuit

The role

This person will perform hands-on analog circuit design, including simulations and verification for mixed-signal designs like high-speed data converters, PLL, and SERDES. They will also guide layout floor-planning and manage circuit and system specifications.

What you will do

• Perform hands on analog circuit design
• Run simulations to confirm functionality and performance
• Work with verification team to verify design
• Guide layout floor-planning block and top level
• Supervise layout activities and provide guidelines to layout engineers
• Draw layout if necessary
• Take ownership of circuit and system specifications
• Simulate designs with state-of-the-art CAD tools
• Document designs and simulation results

Required qualifications

• BS 10+ years experience, MS 8+ years of experience, or PhD 5+ years experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience working with system on chip architecture, high-speed serial interfaces, and analog mixed-signal circuit design using advanced CMOS technology nodes
• Prior experience in design of any one of the standard high speed interfaces like DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, HBM I/O interface
• Expert in providing and understanding layout requirements of high speed circuits
• Knowledge of DLL / PLL / FFE / CTLE / DFE, output drivers, ODT, Duty cycle correction (DCC), Training/calibration to improve timing, high speed power design and low power design
• Experience working closely with device/process team to define transistor specs
• Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Experience in high frequency clock distribution design, implementation, and analysis
• Deep understanding of PPA (performance, power, and area) trade-offs
• Ability to handle EDA tools such as Cadence, MATLAB (Simulink), and EM tools
• Experience on silicon bring-up and automatic measurement using script

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Python

Benefits

• Incentive opportunities
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k
• Charitable giving match
• 4+ weeks of paid time off a year, plus holidays and sick leave
• Stipend for fertility care or adoption
• Caregiver support
• Medical travel support
• On-demand apps and free confidential therapy sessions
• Onsite Café and gym
• Virtual classes

Before you apply

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About the company

Memory IO Lab is part of Samsung’s Memory Business Unit, the industry's all-time DRAM and NAND Flash leader. Memory IO provides memory interface technology solutions for DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and more.