General Description: Responsible for the design, implementation and block verification of various digital blocks and subsystems. Work as part of a cross-functional team to deliver the next generation products from concept to volume production. Support concurrent engineering activities to ensure on-going production of quality products with high yield.
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Tasks and Responsibilities:
DESIGN
- Actively contribute to the generation of product specifications (block, sub-system and IC level)
- Design and document digital/DSP baseband/system blocks as required using low power RTL coding techniques
- Perform design verification of relevant blocks/subsystems
- Work with the verification team to specify verification requirements for your designs
- Work with IC physical designers on synthesis, power optimisation, formal verification and timing closure
- Ensure that designs follow industry best practice design flows, verification techniques, Design For Test (DFT) and quality process adherence
- Create the necessary design and product documentation and host design reviews
TEST
- Develop test specifications and coordinate with the verification group to ensure full test coverage
- Execute plans and develops test procedures
- Actively participate in silicon bring-up and characterisation testing
INTERPERSONAL
- Interact with other engineers in the verification, systems and RF/Analog teams to ensure products are delivered to meet or exceed specifications, on time and where applicable within budget
- Support IC Applications team in solving customer issues and solving and anticipating potential issues
- Support concurrent engineering teams to ensure issues with current products are resolved in a timely manner and to ensure their on-going high yield in volume production
Main Goals
- Deliver timely digital/baseband design following roadmap or priority product / customer current issues
- Produce high quality Digital/Baseband IC systems/sub-systems using industry best practice methods for design, verification and test according to project plans
- Actively participate in developing ICs targeted for high volume by collaboration with the entire product team
- Define efficient testing methods
- Provide relevant documentation including design, product, test
Complementary/Interdisciplinary Tasks
- Mentor junior engineers and share IC skills/experience with other members of the team
- Provide training, sales collateral, application notes as necessary
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Good working knowledge of the complete Digital ASIC Design flow (specification, frontend RTL Design, Verification, STA, DFT and physical implementation)
- Good working knowledge of DSP concepts used in modern communications systems
- Experience of implementing fixed point algorithms in to RTL considered a plus.
- Low power IC design techniques
- Complete IC Design Flow: IP Evaluation and Selection, Analog/Digital partitioning in mixed-signal systems
- Familiarity with designing in CMOS 40nm or less nodes
- System Verilog and Verilog
- FPGA synthesis tools and flow
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work on own initiative to come up with innovative solutions
- Good communication skills, verbal & written
Qualification/Education: Minimum Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering or related field and 8+ years of experience in relevant product development preferred
Division/Department: Operations
Reporting To: VP of Technology