Sr. Staff/Principal Engineer, Digital Design (San Diego)

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to/review SoC specifications and architectures
• Front to back digital design and verification – RTL through physical implementation
• Hands on technical leadership
• Support schedule and resource planning
• Help define and socialize digital/system design, implementation methodologies and test strategies and flows
• Debug designs and provide timely closure
• Work with System, Software, RF, Analog, and Test teams and provide necessary support

Job Requirements

• MS/PhD EE/CS preferred
• 10 or more years of experience digital SoC development required
• Experience bringing highly integrated mixed signal SoCs to commercial mass production
• Experience with embedded systems, wireless protocols, power management, signal processing and standard digital interfaces
• Deep RTL design knowledge (Verilog/VHDL) and SystemVerilog, checkers, and other design verification techniques
• Deep knowledge of front-end tools (Verilog simulators, linters, clock-domain crossing checkers)
• Proven knowledge of synthesis, static timing, DFT and (Front to Back) F2B digital SoC design flow
• Experience with ATPG, fault grading, scan, BIST, DFT/DFM
• Proven knowledge of SystemVerilog assertions
• Knowledge of languages such as C/C++, Perl, Tcl and Python
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Good skills and interest in mentorship
• Able to foresee issues and design in flexibility and workarounds for both known and unknown unknowns
• Expert in RTL design and implementation (architecture and micro-architecture)
• Deep knowledge of front-end tools and flow - Verilog simulators, linters, synthesis, static timing, clock trees, power simulation, floor plan development, and power supply implementation
• Deep knowledge of system modeling and verification using System Verilog or System C
• Proven knowledge in acquiring and integrating 3rd party IP
• High speed logic design (GHz+) , and high speed clock distribution experience.
• Understanding of mixed signal concepts

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Cadence F2B design tools
• Experience with formal verification tools
• Able to work effectively with incomplete or changing requirements
• Good mentorship skills
• Strong knowledge of mixed signal concepts
• Focused, goal driven finisher