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Analog Design, Staff Engineer

Synopsys

Synopsys

Design
Washington, DC, USA
Posted on Apr 10, 2025
Category Engineering Hire Type Employee Job ID 10181 Remote Eligible No Date Posted 26/03/2025

Job Description & Requirements

At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

Our Silicon IP business is all about integrating more capabilities into an SoC—faster. We offer the world’s broadest portfolio of silicon IP—predesigned blocks of logic, memory, interfaces, analog, security, and embedded processors. All to help customers integrate more capabilities. Meet unique performance, power, and size requirements of their target applications. And get differentiated products to market quickly with reduced risk.

Analog Design Engineer

We’re looking for an Analog Design Engineer to join our team. On this role you’ll acquire and develop competences in all analog design activities, ranged from schematic entry, simulation and final validations. The focus of our team is developing high speed SerDes physical interface and design all the necessary analog blocks to support it ranging from basic references blocks to complex analog front-ends that touch the boundary of chip interface.
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Key Qualifications

  • Requires a MSc in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent) with background on transistor level circuit design and 5+ years working experience in analog circuit design.
  • Possesses knowledge in deep submicron CMOS technologies
  • Knowledge of SPICE simulators and simulation methods and analysis
  • Has familiarity with IC design tools
  • Builds productive internal/external working relationships. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise
  • Good at problem solving. Presents critical judgement
  • Good written and verbal English communication skills
  • Organizational skills are essential
  • Self-motivated personality

Required Experience

  • Analog mixed-signal design preferably in high speed SERDES (Drivers, Receivers, Clocking, PLL, DLL, CDR).
  • Design and validation of custom logic circuits for high-speed applications with focus on STA timing closure and constraints analysis with industry standard tools (i.e. Primetime, Nanotime or equivalent)
  • Reviewing layout design to minimize the effect of parasitic

Preferred Experience

  • Knowledge on Synopsys EDA tools
  • Familiar with Unix and scripting languages (TCL, Python)

We Offer

  • On job training
  • Great working environment with excellent team spirit
  • Work with international teams
  • Corporate events

Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.