Senior RFIC Layout Designer

What you'll do

• Determine chip floor plans including power and ground distribution and pad locations.
• Estimate layout schedules and identify complex areas requiring early investigation.
• Perform layout of custom RF and analog blocks while minimizing parasitic capacitance.
• Execute design rule checking, electrical rule checking, and layout versus schematic checks.
• Perform top-level layout integration and manage final tape out for the foundry.
• Trial new tools and features in collaboration with EDA suppliers.
• Generate guides and demos to showcase improvements in layout techniques.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering and 5+ years of professional experience as an IC layout designer.
• 8+ years of professional experience with integrated circuit layout design in lieu of a degree.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.
• Strong analog layout skills (preferred).
• Experience in advanced node IC layouts such as 22nm, 16nm, 7nm, 5nm or below (preferred).
• Experience in layout of circuits with frequencies up to 50GHz (preferred).
• Experience in layout of sensitive RF blocks such as LNAs, VCOs, and mixers (preferred).
• Experience with skill programming, shell scripting, Perl, Python, or managing revision control systems (preferred).