Qualifications

• Typically, 2-6+ years’ experience
• Strong competence with various Cadence analog-mixed signal simulation tools and procedures, reaching specialist level.
• Ability to lead pre-design feasibility studies and system modelling efforts and provide specifications and design of new DC-DC converters.
• Ability to manage and oversee top-level simulation and verification to ensure first-time-right design success.
• Ability to develop new techniques to apply to the designs of power management integrated circuits and improve their performance.
• Ability to work with minimal instruction- either independently or collaboratively
• Ability to make good judgment in selecting method/technique for obtaining solutions.
• Able to confidently share own expertise and work to others
• Ability to support and mentor less experienced team members
• Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under tight schedule
• Ability to work both independently and part of a team
• Excellent command of verbal and written English

Responsibilities

• Lead a project from chip definition to mass production
• Analog design and technical project leadership of integrated circuit development
• Design, verification and simulation of CMOS analog blocks for power management circuits including voltage references, bias circuits, comparators and amplifiers meeting performance, area and power specifications
• Collaborate with block leads to achieve system and design strategy for power management products.
• Guide layout team to ensure quality of layout of own design.
• Drive silicon debugging and design characterisation
• Drive Lab evaluation in collaboration with Applications Engineers for own design.
• Produce high quality documentation for own IP blocks
• Working closely with DFT engineers to ensure that own blocks follow existing strategy and implementation for DFT.
• Work closely with test and product engineers to support test development and ramp to production
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members
• Contribute to schematic and layout block level reviews for blocks initially designed by others.
• Take technical leadership for sub-systems and driving them from specification to production ramp
• Interpret requirement specifications to achieve system and design strategy for power management products
• Take proactive approach to driving own development plan, utilising team members and internal development opporunities