Hardware Engineer, Analog Design

The Role

As an Analog Hardware Engineer, you will build the core mixed-signal technology powering our unconventional computing architecture.

You will design unique analog circuits, creating library cells as well as macros, to support a unique computational architecture. Working alongside silicon architecture, digital, and layout teams, you will own the end-to-end analog development from clean-sheet circuit design through parasitic extraction and silicon bring-up to unlock unprecedented throughput-per-watt.

What You Will Own

• Analog design flow methodology: establish the analog design flow methodology, including EDA tool acquisition
• Analog design development: analyze and develop analog circuits (AMS), developing specifications, creating schematic-level design, circuit simulation and verification, integration with digital design and simulation (mixed-signal simulation), timing, power, and design rule closure, and tapeout.
• Acquisition: Direct specification and acquisition of analog IP for use in Normal Silicon
• Direct EDA tool development: assist in direction of internal EDA tool development to support analog designs, for both cell and library creation as well as circuits
• Evaluate designs: Evaluation of custom memory designs, including SRAM, DRAM, and CIM architectures

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Developed analog IP from spec to GDSII in modern technologies, taped out and brought up.
• Worked on analog cell library development
• Fluent in the Cadence flow: Virtuoso, Spectre, Assembler, Extraction, Layout, HSMC, Characterization
• Deep understanding of noise and variation and their impacts on silicon performance and reliability

Bonus Points

• Lead, taped out, brought up AMS silicon
• Experienced and comfortable in a chip measurement environment for debug and characterization
• Have used AI and/or scripting languages (i.e. Python, Perl) to automate design flows and data post-processing