About the role

Sr. Digital IC Design Engineer developing and validating digital IC blocks at Semtech. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions in analog and mixed-signal semiconductors.

Responsibilities

Define, develop, verify and optimize complex digital circuits for low-power mixed-signal circuits.
Design digital hardware functions and sub/full systems in RTL code using SystemVerilog, Verilog or VHDL.
Collaborate with system design to create digital specification definition.
Implement design for testability (scan chain, BIST, boundary scan) and diagnosis features to support hardware testing.
Generate technical documentation and drive design reviews.
Define constraints, perform logic synthesis, implement or supervise physical design for timing closure, perform DFT insertion and create test vectors, perform static timing closure.
Support development of comprehensive verification plans and testbenches, including functional verification, RTL and gate-level simulations, timing analysis, and top verification.
Define and implement pre-silicon digital hardware emulation and FPGA prototyping.
Support silicon lab evaluation, performance characterization and debug.
Interface with system, embedded firmware, analog, verification and cross functional teams.
Mentor and supervise junior engineers.
Technical support to test, product and application engineers.

10+ years of industry experience in digital integrated circuit design
B.S. or M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Strong analytical, synthesis and problem solving skills
In-depth knowledge and experience in digital IC development for mixed-signal ICs, frontend-to-backend flow, timing closure, HW-SW architectures and co-design, data path, signal processing, low-power techniques, constraints development, timing analysis, system trade-offs (power, speed, hardware resources, area)
Strong background with MCU based hardware systems (ARM, RISC-V, PIC, STM32) with memories, digital micro-architecture, interfaces, and dedicated hardware peripherals
Proficiency in SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL, scripting languages (Python, Perl, tcl), debugging capabilities, and industry leading digital EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens)
Knowledge of verification methodologies and tools (SystemVerilog, UVM/OVM, formal verification)
Demonstration of technical leadership and innovation
Experience with standard hardware protocols (I2C, I3C, SPI, MIPI)
Hands-on experience with development boards, FPGAs, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, supplies, multimeters and the associated measurement methods
Independent, self-motivated, rigorous, innovating, team player and able to follow through
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of system-level aspects: signal processing, mixed-signal, embedded firmware, analog, modelling, test and application