What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Digital IC Design Engineer position at Vivid Technology?
This high-growth start-up is revolutionizing automotive perception technology. With next-generation sensors, they are redefining the capabilities of imaging radar, delivering unprecedented resolution and performance. Their team is passionate about pushing the boundaries of sensor technology.
Key Qualifications
- 10 years hands-on experience in digital design with the understanding of analog and mixed-signal IC design, ideally in CMOS technologies at 28nm TSMC
- Expertise in the following: SPI/I2C or other high speed digital interfaces, bandgap design, temperature sensors, biasing circuits, IFM, PGA, power detection, or diagnostic ADCs
- Strong experience with RTL design in Verilog/SystemVerilog
- Proficiency with digital simulation and debug tools (Questa, VCS, Xcelium, etc.)
- Familiarity with synthesis, STA, and power-aware design flows
- Solid background in low-power design methodologies and tradeoffs
- Proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and AMS simulation tools
- Experience with lab validation, silicon debug, and characterization
- MS or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Responsibilities
- Define and architect digital subsystems within RFICs
- Partition functionality between analog, mixed-signal, and digital domains to optimize performance, area, and power
- Develop subsystem-level digital specifications in collaboration with RF, analog, and systems teams.
- Own register/memory maps, digital interfaces, and configuration settings, diagnostic / test profiles
- Own the digital design and ensure design meets PVT, reliability, and automotive quality standards (FuSa, AEC-Q100, ISO 26262)
- Support synthesis, STA, clock-domain crossing, low-power design, and DFT with physical design teams
- Ensure robustness across PVT, ESD, reliability, and automotive qualification corners (if applicable)
- Review ECOs, timing fixes, and power optimization strategies
- Lead activities for the design and implement high-performance, low-power analog and mixed-signal blocks e.g. bandgap references, temperature sensors, diagnostic ADCs, programmable gain amplifiers, power detectors, bias circuits
- Derive block-level specifications from system requirements and contribute to architecture discussions
- Own schematic design, pre-/post-layout simulation, and verification using industry-standard EDA tools
- Collaborate with layout engineers to ensure robust and efficient physical design
- Support silicon bring-up, validation, and debug in the lab
- Partner with RF, digital, and systems engineers to enable seamless integration of mixed-signal IP into the overall sensor SoC
Bonus: prior exposure to sensor products, or radar-based systems