Sr. Design Engineer - VLSI / RTL

Job Description:

The incumbentwill join the rapidly growing Data Center Solutions (DCS) business unit. DCS has a diverse portfolio of products being broadly deployed today by the industry s cutting edge server/storage OEMs and hyper scale datacenters. DCS customers are deploying our solutions into applications ranging from Big Data capacity storage to artificial intelligence and machine learning that are helping to shape the next digital age. Our product portfolio includes SAS/PCIe/NVMe/CXL infrastructure products, Flash Controllers, High Performance Switches and leading-edge memory infrastructure products. Join a team where you can expand your skill set and drive key elements of the industry s technology leadership.

Requirements

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or Masters Degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering minimum
  
• 5+ years of experience in VLSI / RTL design.
  
• Thorough understanding of digital design, RTL coding and simulation.
  
• Involved in architectural and micro architecture design.
  
• Experienced in Lint, CDC, logic synthesis, formal verification and static timing analysis.
  
• Worked with physical design team for layout implementation.
  
• Familiar with low power methodology and flow.
  
• Capable of debugging EDA tool issues or design related issues.
  
• Knowledge in DFT is a must.
  
• Good scripting skill using Tcl, Perl and/or Awk
  
• Protocol knowledge and experience in NVMe, PCI-Express, DDR, serial peripherals is plus
  
• Highly self-motivated, well organized and result oriented.
  
• Experience with Cadence Design Environment is an asset
  

Job Requirements: Develop and implement functional, performance and system level/use-case validation of 32 bit microcontrollers Experience with Microcontrollers, FPGAs, and in general, Embedded Systems. Familiar with embedded ARM Cortex M family, RISC-V, MIPS is preferred Experience with communication busses (GPIB, RS-232, RS-485, SPI/QSPI, I2C, I2S, USB, EBI, Ethernet, etc.). Experience with Embedded firmware development and should have strong hands-on knowledge of embedded C programming language Candidate will have the primary role of creating, auditing, and overseeing test procedures, validation plans, data collection, post-processing of validation data, reports, and documenting results. Candidate should be familiar with using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Power Supplies, Arbitrary Waveform and Pulse generators, etc. Fluent in use of PCB schematics and layout. Develop performance tests for determining circuit margin and datasheet parameters. Develop automated lab-based testing of microcontroller for both digital and analog modules at the unit level and at the full chip level and should be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues found during validation Design or assist in the development of new testing infrastructure for use within the validation team Drive design recommendations to improve the validation process, such as enhancements to test software and hardware environments, lab equipment usage, and data management. Work with the validation team on customer support requests for released products. Work in an international environment (Europe, Asia, USA) with diverse functional groups (Architecture, Analog/Digital Design, Applications, Marketing, Product and Test Engineering). Qualifications & Experience: Candidate must be a College Graduate with a Bachelor s degree in Electrical / Electronic or Computer Engineering (or equivalent). Candidate should have 6 to 8 years of related work experience. Required Skills : Experience with Clock subsystem and Reset subsystems (BOR, POR, Bandgap, WDT etc.) and exposure to Analog peripherals (ADCs, DACs, Comparators, Op-AMPs, CTMU). Exposure to bench automation tools(NI Tools - LabView/TestStand) and scripting languages is add-on Experience in application development, system level test development Strong analytical and problem-solving / debug skills. Code and System debugging skills using in circuit emulators and lab equipment such as oscilloscope/logic analyzer. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to work well in a team environment and adapt real-time. Able to think of test cases and customer usage model that may violate the assumptions of designers and architects. Able to prioritize tasks and execute to rigorous and dynamic schedules. Able to understand and generate board schematics, , board design - schematic entry, BOM creation, net list generation (logical board design) Comprehensive record keeping and detailed debugging notes.