ANALOG DESIGNER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: July 28, 2024 - Analog Designer, proficient in analog design, demonstrates expertise in silicon process technology and control-loop theories, facilitating the development of cutting-edge converters. Extensive experience encompasses project leadership from concept to production, integrating modules within industrial systems while adeptly navigating feedback loop analysis and chip debugging. With a strong work ethic and versatile communication skills, contributes significantly to analog design innovation and collaborative endeavors.
Summary of Analog Designer Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Electrical Engineering with 5 years of Experience
- Experience in analog circuits design
- Good understanding of ASIC analog and mixed signal flow(Cadence based)
- Experience in power management, driver circuits development(automotive IC)
- Hands-on experience in silicon evaluation and debugging
- Very good communication skills (English, German), team work and flexibility
- Qualified, motivated layout engineers from a variety of skill levels.
- High-performance analog IPs and building complex chip levels integral
- Experience in high-bandwidth (>50 GHz) RFIC design
- Experience in working with front-end IC such as electro-optic modulator drivers using advanced process nodes.
- Experience in RFIC tape-outs and using associated resources such as EDA/PDK for execution.
- Ability to experimentally validate tape-out devices
- A strong sense of responsibility and project management skills
- Work independently as well as in a fast-paced team
- Explain deep RF and electronics concepts to colleagues from various backgrounds
- Hands-on approach to work
2. BS in Computer Engineering with 3 years of Experience
- Strong understanding of circuit design and how to optimize for noise, bandwidth, power consumption, and/or cost
- Cadence, SPICE, or equivalent schematic capture and simulation
- Proficient with standard lab equipment (spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc.)
- Experience in ASIC design
- Familiar with PCB design process schematic through receipt of assemblies
- Solid communication and problem-solving skills, and the ability to understand complex systems and work in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in circuit simulation and modeling
- Experience with analog circuit design and feedback control systems
- Experience in programming/scripting with Python or Perl
- Design skills to include basic analog building blocks: Bandgap, opamp, voltage regulator, temperature sensor, etc.
- Skilled in creating test benches in Spice (Spectre, Hspice, AFS) to prove out performance metrics over PVT and Monte Carlo variations paying close attention to any matching requirements.
- Good working knowledge and experience in analog design using advanced Fin FET technologies.
- Supervise and optimize layout in latest Fin FET technologies. Help solve DRC/LVS, EMIR, DFM issues (Physical Verification)
- Previous experience using Cadence Virtuoso tool suite.
3. BS in Microelectronics Engineering with 2 years of Experience
- Familiar with Cadence design and simulation tools
- Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
- Strong time management skills that enable on time project delivery
- Strong verbal and written English skills
- Analog circuit design experience.
- Experience in analog development including designs of ADCs, DACs, Oscillators, Charge Pump, LDOs, Bandgaps, Op-Amps, Comparators.
- Solid knowledge of deep submicron process and circuit design issues, design for manufacturability and reliability issues
- Effective communication skills to interact with all stakeholders.
- Knowledge of digital circuit design techniques, including but not limited to counters, timers, state machines and combinational logic is also required
- Must be highly focused and remain committed to obtaining closure on project goals.
- Direct experience preferred in high-speed (>100MSPS) and high resolution ADCs, including but not limited to SAR ADC, Pipelined/SAR ADC, Hybrid ADCs, Inter-leaving of ADCs.
- Experience in over-sampled ADCs (Switched Capacitor and high BW Continuous Time) architectures
4. BS in Integrated Circuit Design with 4 years of Experience
- Experience in designing analog or mixed signal circuits
- Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Wide breadth of analog design knowledge is essential as part designs cover a wide range of product type
- Experience designing with (5V to 40V) Bipolar, BiCMOS, and CMOS processes
- Experience designing Amplifiers, Comparators, and Regulators
- Experience designing BiCMOS and CMOS bandgaps
- Exposure to Analog to Digital (ADC) and Digital to Analog (DAC) convertor design and verification
- Experience performing design verification
- Be comfortable interfacing with layout, test, and process engineers
- Familiarity with IC design tools (Schematic Capture, Digital/Analog Simulation, Layout, LVS, DRC, ERC)
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Hands-on experience in designing block circuits: op amps, comparators, bandgap references, current limits, constant current sink/source, gate drive circuits, etc.
- Hands-on experience in designing ICs: Linear regulator (LDO), Buck /Boost switching regulator (DC/DC), or SAR ADC Mixed-signal products, etc.
5. BS in Semiconductor Engineering with 4 years of Experience
- Solid understanding of silicon process technology, High Voltage process.
- Solid understanding of linear/ switching converter control-loop theory.
- Be able to do lab test/debug and familiar with basic lab equipment: oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, power supplies, etc.
- Familiarity with Cadence design tools and HSPICE/PSPICE/Spectre simulators
- Strong work ethic and highly self-motivated
- Good English speaking/reading/writing skills
- Good understanding of device noise, mismatch, linearity and layout parasitics.
- Ability to drive floorplan and layout toward successful tape-out using best-practice layout techniques.
- Strong working knowledge of various analog building blocks including amplifiers, current sources, bandgap references, comparators, transconductors, switched-cap circuits, etc.
- Recent and extensive project-lead experience in the development of CMOS mixed signal circuitry from concept to production
- Experience in the development and integration of the modules in the industrial systems
- Solid knowledge of feedback loop analysis, designs and chip debugging.