Senior Circuit Designer

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Circuit Design Engineer to join our Circuit Solutions Group. You will design custom circuit IP and help bring novel designs to life on test chips, from simulation through post-silicon characterization and debug.

Responsibilities

• Design custom circuit IP from architecture and schematic development through layout support and silicon validation.
• Simulate and optimize circuit performance across process, voltage, temperature, variation, and post-layout effects.
• Define test plans and measurement capabilities for test chip IP.
• Own post-silicon bringup and characterization of novel circuit designs on test chips.
• Debug silicon issues, correlate measurements with simulation, and drive design improvements.
• Collaborate with layout, verification, test, and product teams, and develop automation for simulation and data analysis.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of experience in transistor-level circuit design and validation.
• Strong understanding of digital, or mixed-signal circuit design, synthesis, and timing.
• Hands-on experience with post-silicon bringup, lab measurements, and circuit debug.
• Ability to analyze silicon data and communicate findings clearly across teams.
• Proficiency with scripting or data analysis tools such as Python, Perl, or Tcl.

Skills

• Experience bringing up and characterizing custom IP on test chips.
• Experience with voltage regulation, hardware security, or silicon monitor circuits.
• Familiarity with ATE testing, test modes, and bench instrumentation.
• Experience with statistical variation analysis and silicon-to-simulation correlation.

Pay

The base salary range is 168,000 USD – 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD – 310,500 USD for Level 5, based on location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Benefits

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.