Principal Engineer - Analog Design (Networking)

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Job Description:

The Networking and Connectivity Solutions (NCS) team within Microchip Technology Inc. is looking for a highly skilled Principal Analog Design Engineer in either of our Chandler, AZ or Austin, TX offices that can contribute to the architecture, design, and verification of high frequency (up to 10Gbps) physical layer interfaces for Ethernet and Universal Serial Bus (USB) standards. The candidate should be a self-driven individual who is capable and excited to learn about new technologies.

Job responsibilities and duties include:

• Perform design and verification for high-speed transceiver circuits such as Transmitter drivers and serializers, Receiver amplifiers/PGAs and de-serializers, ADCs, CDRs, PLLs, DLLs, etc. This requires system and transistor-level design and verification utilizing mixed-mode simulation methods across full PVT corner models.

• Interface directly with and support Applications, Product and Test Engineering, Validation, Layout and other design support organizations.

• Validate and debug silicon products within a lab environment in support of a production release schedule

• Operate effectively in a global team environment while contributing to the team’s success.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Job requirements are as follows:

• BSEE with minimum of 10 years of industry experience, or MSEE (strongly preferred) with 8 years of industry experience

• 6+ years of experience with Cadence Virtuoso IC design environment including Spectre/AMS Simulation Platform.

• Knowledgeable in the art of low-power and high-speed design techniques with exposure in SERDES/transceiver related analog blocks (>1GHz PLL, ADCs, DACs, CDRs, Serializer/Deserializer, etc..).

• Knowledgeable in device physics and advanced processing nodes (including FinFET), especially regarding layout techniques, layout dependent effects, device aging, and self-heating.

• Experience in Verilog HDL/A/AMS preferred, but not required

• Excellent technical, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability and willingness to work on multiple projects and technologies at any given time.

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