What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Engineer, Analog/Mixed-Signal Design, Technology Platforms position at pSemi, A Murata Company?
Job Summary
In this highly visible, central-engineering AMS role you will work closely with different product teams and must be capable of independently leading and executing the development of CMOS / SOI analog, mixed-signal, PMIC, and PA controller circuit blocks. You will participate in all stages of the design cycle including definition, circuit design and simulation, layout supervision, silicon evaluation and characterization.
Roles & Responsibilities
This position has responsibility for :
Analog / Mixed-Signal IP Block and Platform Development : Work with the Product Design teams and Marketing to define IP block functionality and performance specifications. Design, develop and characterize IP blocks for reuse across multiple products.
IP Block Characterization : Work with Characterization Engineers to define, conduct and analyze data from circuit block and product performance characterization.
Product Capability Development : Work with Design, Marketing, Modeling and Process Technology teams to drive the definition and development of SOI process technology, modeling requirements, IP roadmaps, and product platforms to enable Product Design to rapidly build RFICs.
Product Support : Work with Applications, Product, and Manufacturing Engineers to help answer customer questions, assess field failures, and support yield improvements. Assist Production Test Engineers to define ATE solutions for Production.
Documentation : Document all relevant design information to educate others on IP block usage and novel design techniques.
AMS Infrastructure : Contribute to requirements documentation, tool selection and methodology development.
Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)
- Typically requires 12 years of experience developing Analog / Mixed-Signal / PMIC circuit blocks and products depending on education level and experience
- An expert in analog / mixed-signal IC circuit design : amplifiers, opamps, references, LDO regulators, data converters, switched capacitor circuits, charge pumps, digital interfaces
- Experience in high volume, commercial CMOS ICs (bulk or SOI)
- Able to do analog / mixed-signal IC layout where needed and effectively supervise layout designers
- Strong sense of urgency to meet product requirements on schedule
- Cooperative team member, able to work effectively within the Technology Platforms department and cross functionally with other teams
- Ability to mentor junior engineers
- Hands on use of measurement equipment to validate IC performance
Preferred Qualifications
Education Requirements
Work Environment
This job operates on the Manufacturing Floor. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is required to bend and stoop for periods of time; kneeling, sitting on the floor; working on step stools and ladders; and pushing heavy equipment. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift machine components up to 30 pounds. This employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.