Analog Design, Staff Engineer

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and verification to ensure the efficiency and reliability of semiconductor products. These engineers play a crucial role in advancing technology and enabling innovations in various industries.

You are an experienced engineering professional with a passion for driving innovation and delivering results. You thrive in fast-paced environments where you can leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to manage complex projects from inception to completion. With strong experience in semiconductor design and delivery, you bring deep knowledge of SoC, ASIC, and Silicon IP development.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify transistor-level analog and mixed-signal circuits for high-speed SerDes PHY IP, including transmitters, receivers, PLLs, DLLs, VCOs, equalizers, and bias circuits
• Develop circuit architectures and run tradeoff analysis across performance, power, noise, jitter, and reliability
• Execute DC, AC, transient, cross-corner PVT, aging, EMIR/SHE, and Monte Carlo simulations to validate robustness
• Build and validate circuit simulation models and Verilog-A behavioral models for IP integration
• Review custom layout implementations and collaborate with layout engineers to ensure post-layout performance meets spec
• Prepare technical documentation, lead design reviews, and present tradeoff decisions to cross-functional teams
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on circuit design, simulation methodology, and debugging

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years’ relevant experience or Master's degree with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field)
• In-depth familiarity with transistor level circuit design - sound CMOS design fundamentals
• Design experience with one, and familiarity with other SERDES sub-circuits: receive equalizers, samplers, voltage/current-mode drivers, serializers, deserializers, voltage-controlled oscillator, phase mixer, delay-locked loop, phase locked loop, bandgap reference, ADC, DAC
• Familiarity with custom digital design (i.e. high-speed critical paths)
• Understanding of design for reliability (i.e. EM, IR, aging, etc.)
• Understanding of layout effects (i.e. matching, reliability, proximity effects, etc.)
• Experience with tools for schematic entry, physical layout, and design verification
• Hands-on experience with physical layout of high-speed circuits is a plus
• Understanding of SPICE simulators and simulation methods
• Knowledgeable in Verilog-A for analog behavioral modeling and simulation-control/data-capture
• Experience with TCL, Perl, C, Python, MATLAB, or other scripting languages is desired
• Good communication and documentation skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family
• Time away: company holidays, ETO and FTO Programs
• Family support: maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more
• ESPP: purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back
• Retirement plans: save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country
• Competitive salaries