What are the responsibilities and job description for the Integrated Circuits (IC) Engineer position at Samtec Inc?
Description
Position at Samtec, Inc
Founded in 1976, Samtec is a privately held, $950 million global manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnect solutions, including High-Speed Board-to-Board, High-Speed Cables, Mid-Board and Panel Optics, Precision RF, Flexible Stacking, and Micro/Rugged components and cables. Samtec Technology Centers are dedicated to developing and advancing technologies, strategies and products to optimize both the performance and cost of a system from the bare die to an interface 100 meters away, and all interconnect points in between. With 40 international locations and products sold in more than 125 different countries, Samtec’s global presence enables its unmatched customer service.
THIS POSITION WILL BE ONSITE AT SAMTEC'S DESIGN CENTER IN PHOENIX, AZ
Summary/Objective: The Integrated Circuit Engineer designs and develops microwave, analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for implementation on IC foundry processes for RF and gigabit-per-second data communications applications. IC development tasks include the architecture definition, circuit design, synthesis, physical layout, verification, packaging and testing of hardware prototypes and high-volume IC products.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
Position at Samtec, Inc
Founded in 1976, Samtec is a privately held, $950 million global manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnect solutions, including High-Speed Board-to-Board, High-Speed Cables, Mid-Board and Panel Optics, Precision RF, Flexible Stacking, and Micro/Rugged components and cables. Samtec Technology Centers are dedicated to developing and advancing technologies, strategies and products to optimize both the performance and cost of a system from the bare die to an interface 100 meters away, and all interconnect points in between. With 40 international locations and products sold in more than 125 different countries, Samtec’s global presence enables its unmatched customer service.
THIS POSITION WILL BE ONSITE AT SAMTEC'S DESIGN CENTER IN PHOENIX, AZ
Summary/Objective: The Integrated Circuit Engineer designs and develops microwave, analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for implementation on IC foundry processes for RF and gigabit-per-second data communications applications. IC development tasks include the architecture definition, circuit design, synthesis, physical layout, verification, packaging and testing of hardware prototypes and high-volume IC products.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
- Performs/Leads custom IC design on SiGe and CMOS processes, particularly at 130 nm process technologies and below, including schematic capture, IC layout, simulation, package analysis, evaluation board design, and design verification at the circuit block and full-chip levels.
- Design of microwave/RF/mixed-signal blocks including LNA, PA, VGA, VCO, PLL, ADC, DAC, and CDR from specification to tape-out.
- Develop test plan and perform measurements to verify design intent has been met using electronics test equipment including oscilloscopes, VNAs, BERTs, and communications analyzers.
- Design of optical communications circuits including TIA, CTLE, and laser drivers.
- Design of precision supporting circuits including bandgap voltage reference, current sources, op amps, and feedback circuits.
- Design of power management blocks such as linear or switching regulators.
- IC layout execution and supervision of IC layout design specialists.
- Works with characterization and test engineering to define, conduct, and analyze data from product performance characterization through report documentation.
- Documents all relevant product and design information through the design review process and to provide guidance on product usage.
- Customer support as needed including on-site customer engagements, especially with internal customers.
- The responsibilities as defined are intended to serve as a general guideline for this position. Associates may be asked to perform additional tasks depending on strengths and capabilities.*
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience designing and developing microwave, analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
- Experience using the Cadence Virtuoso design suite for simulation and creating schematics, symbols, and layouts.
- Extensive design experience for frequencies above 25 GHz. Experience with PAM4 designs is a major plus.
- Laboratory measurement skills (analog, high-speed I/O, as required).
- Strong organizational skills with attention to details.
- Communications skills are a must as this person will interact with engineers in different disciplines as well as with members of management.
- Must be able to sit/stand for at least 90 consecutive minutes, and not suffer from any sensory deprivation and/or paralysis of the limbs.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, equivalent discipline, or equivalent work experience.