Experienced Mixed-Signal Designer (m/w/d)

- A PhD. in Electrical Engineering or closely-related field, with thesis work on mixed-signal IC design (preferred) or an M.S. in Electrical Engineering with substantial experience in mixed-signal IC design is required. - Several years direct experience in the design and development of high-speed (> 5 GSa/s, 8+ bits) analog-to-digital (ADC) converters in advanced CMOS (28nm and smaller) technologies, at both the architectural and transistor level. - Direct experience in ADC chip turn-on, test, debug, and documentation of performance. - Experience in designing a diverse collection of high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuits in advanced CMOS technologies at both the transistor level (schematic) and physical (layout) levels. - Experience with related mixed-signal building blocks and integrated systems, such as PLLs, DACs, Serializers, or wideband amplifiers. - Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment, technically lead others, and strong ability to document and present results. - Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and communication skills to work in dynamic environment as part of multiple teams working on multiple projects and collaborate cross-functionally with a team-oriented mindset. - Ability to troubleshoot, and drive to root cause on difficult problems. - A highly self-motivated mindset to accomplish all the tasks required to meet aggressive product development schedules and world class manufacturing expectations. - Ability to mentor junior engineers to help them achieve design goals - Demonstrated experience applying Analog and Digital Signal Processing in data converter systems to improve linearity, accuracy, spurious and hard distortion performance. - Demonstrated experience in high-speed digital-to-analog (DAC) and high-rate (>28 Gbps) SERDES circuits (e.g. CDRs, AFE, DFE). - Solid background in device modelling, thermal design, and IC package design. - A sound understanding of the underlying semiconductor technologies and devices and their characteristics, enabling creative design to push circuit limits. - Understanding of signal integrity and EM issues. - Experience with mixed-mode simulation of analog and digital blocks, including behavioral modelling of analog circuits, using tools like Verilog or Verilog A for simulation. - Familiarity with programming and scripting languages to enable automation in the design, simulation, and testing of ICs. - Experience with synthesized digital design flows, using RTL descriptions to deliver verified netlists for physical synthesis.