Digital Design Engineer - Automotive

About the role

This position involves joining a team of expert analog/mixed-signal/digital designers as a digital design engineer for low power, high-speed SerDes IPs. Key responsibilities include designing, verifying, and implementing block and top level designs for high speed SerDes interfaces to MIPI D-PHY and C-PHY transmitters and receivers, I2C, UART, SPI, RGMII, etc.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design digital sections of complex mixed signal ICs, which include high-speed serial interfaces and solutions for routing video data
• Write block specifications and track execution at circuit-design level
• Design digital blocks, subsystems, and top-level designs using Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Develop block level testbenches and verify block functionality
• Work with verification team for full verification and coverage closure
• Perform block and top level linting, CDC, power analysis
• Assist with synthesis constraints and timing closure
• Communicate effectively with circuit-designers and verification engineers to incorporate circuit nonidealities in system models
• Work across the digital/analog boundary, including support of mixed-signal simulations and real number modeling
• Work with technical leads and across multiple disciplines, including design, verification, test, product definition

Requirements

• Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience or Ph.D. with 4+ years of experience is typical
• Design and verification experience with complex digital designs using Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Verification of mixed signal systems, including behavioral modeling and gate-level simulations
• Knowledge of advanced mixed-signal SerDes transceiver architectures is a plus
• Excellent knowledge in communication theory
• Working knowledge of digital and analog circuit design trade-offs
• Familiarity with lab measurements and silicon debug
• Experience with timing analysis, power consumption, physical design and DFT concepts

Qualifications

• Masters of Science plus 7 years of relevant experience or Ph.D. plus 4 years of relevant experience