Title: Signal and Power Integrity engineer
Location: San Diego, CA
Duration: 8+ Months
Job Description: General Summary
SIPI - Perform various IO analyses, potentially from model extraction through simulation and reporting of conclusions. IO types include DDR memory interfaces and variety of serial interfaces. Analyze and provide design guidance on power distribution networks for product development and reference systems. Create and deliver short, focused presentations for product development updates and technical training. Propose and define requirements for new design and analysis methodologies as needed. Uses tools, such as Ansys HFSS and SIwave, Cadence PowerSI and Clarity, Keysight Technologies ADS, and Synopsis HSPICE. Provides technical expertise for next generation initiatives. The responsibilities of this role include:
• Working independently with little supervision.
• Making decisions that are significant in impact; errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct.
• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.
• Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
• Completing tasks that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short- or long-term memory.
• Exercising exceptional creativity to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/processes without established objectives or known parameters.
• Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.
• Occasionally participates in strategic planning within own area affecting immediate operations. The responsibilities of this role do not include:
• Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
• Uses technical expertise with tools/applications to perform execute advanced analyses.
• Leads the development of an implementation strategy that meets system requirements and customer needs for team.
• Works effectively with incomplete, ambiguous or conflicting requirements to successfully resolve complex architecture, design, or verification problems.
• Reviews the design and SIPI analysis strategies of ASICs, SoC, and IP cores of team members and develops strategies for complex blocks or IC Packages.
• Reviews highly complex analyses from more junior team members and completes own analyses to ensure that bugs are fully understood and analyzed.
• Runs advanced power analyses to ensure design specifications are met; makes recommendations to leadership when specifications are not met.
• Reviews reports and oversees the process of interpreting reports derived from performance checks to ensure major issues are identified.
• Stays up to date on technical literature and technological advances and supports the creation of new technology.
• Writes, reviews, and edits own technical document in accordance with template and reviews and provides feedback on more junior engineers' documentation.
• Regularly communicates with key cross-functional groups (i.e., product management, program management teams) to determine product execution path and communicates this path to team
• Drives technical conversation in design or project reviews and project meetings to ensure team's progress on project tasks and best interests are represented.
• Acts as a tech lead on large projects and owns the outcome of the project.
• Learns and applies lessons from past projects; acts as a tech lead in the recommendation of improved and/or new engineering procedures. Additional responsibilities might include:
• Uses technical expertise in Process, Device and Design Technology to help define and make available foundry technology roadmap choices to meet product requirements.
• Works with internal customers and foundry technology to define and develop competitive and timely foundry technology to fit product roadmap.
• Uses technical expertise in Process, Device and Design Technology and Data analysis tools to resolve issues to execute on timely Product ramp.
Required Competencies (All competencies below are required upon entry)
• Analytical Skills - The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources.
• ASICs SIPI Engineering - The ability to define, design, verify, and document ASIC SIPI product development. This includes being involved in all aspects of the process and using design or System tools as appropriate.
• Building Trusting Relationships - The ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and rapport with different types of people and businesses. This includes delivering on commitments and maintaining confidential information, as well as being approachable, showing interest in the other person, and relating well to people regardless of personality or background.
• Communication - The ability to convey information clearly and accurately, as well as choosing the most effective method of delivery (e.g., email, phone, face-to-face). This includes using a technically sound communication style both verbally and in writing.
• Creating the New and Different - The ability to be creative. This includes the ability to produce breakthrough ideas, being a visionary, managing innovation, seeing multiple futures, having broad interests and knowledge, and gaining support in order to translate new ideas into solutions. This also includes the ability to plan and implement unconventional ideas and speculate about alternative futures without all of the data.
• Decision Making - The ability to make quick, accurate decisions. This includes the ability to weigh alternatives and take into account the impact of the decisions on people, equipment, or other resources.
• Getting Work Done - The ability to demonstrate resourcefulness and resilience in the face of change, obstacles, and adversity. This includes adapting to competing demands and shifting priorities. This also includes improving adaptability, pursuing new skills and knowledge, and regularly seeking feedback from others.
• Mentoring and Coaching - The ability to develop, coach, and mentor associates. This includes the ability to provide development experiences and network opportunities, advise, and teach to prepare associates for effective job performance.
• Project Management - The ability to use organizational skills for purposes of planning and decision-making. This includes developing and communicating objectives, timelines, assignments, and goals. This also includes the ability to scope projects, orchestrate multiple activities at once, and use resources efficiently across functional areas within the enterprise.
• Results Documentation - The ability to document test results across an entire platform, domain, or department. This includes understanding department-wide test cases to make sure systems are working properly, providing support to a larger team to debug complex errors, and reporting high-level results to senior leaders and stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Science, CS OR EE Engineering related field.
• 4-8 years ASIC SIPI design, verification, or related work experience.
• Experience with MatLab programming, HSPIC, and/or ADS (highly preferred).
• Working knowledge of Electromagnetic analysis, Signal Integrity, and Power Integrity.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
•6-8 years ASIC SIPI design, verification, or related work experience.
• 2+ years experience with electromagnetic analysis and design tools.
• 2+ years experience with scripting tools and programming languages.
• 2+ years experience with signal or power integrity design verification methods.
• 2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)
Physical Requirements
• Frequently transports between offices, buildings, and campuses up to 1/2 mile.
• Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 5 lbs.
• Performs required tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting).
• Monitors and utilizes computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.
• Continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.
Comments for Suppliers: onsite critical.
4-8 yrs exp •
Last updated on Dec 6, 2021