Lead ASIC Engineer

Lead ASIC Engineer | San Diego, CA (Onsite)POSITION SUMMARYYou won’t be designing the chip yourself. You’ll define what it needs to do, scrutinize the partner’s work at every stage, and decide when it’s ready for fabrication. When silicon comes back, you’ll lead the effort to confirm it performs as intended and get to the bottom of anything that doesn’t.RESPONSIBILITIESWrite and maintain the chip requirements and specification, with full traceabilityLead technical reviews with the design partner from architecture through final sign-off, digging into the underlying schematics and simulation dataEvaluate simulation, physical verification and design-for-test work, and own the decision to proceed to fabricationIdentify and manage technical risks such as noise, power, matching and process variation across a large channel countWork with the in-house test engineer on silicon bring-up and characterization, and lead debug when issues come upDrive any required design revisions and the plan to re-verify themSupport the chip through qualification and production, and define requirements for future generationsQUALIFICATIONSBS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field, with a focus on IC design5+ years of ASIC or SoC experience, including at least one chip taken from concept through siliconAn analog or mixed-signal IC design or verification backgroundExperience reviewing simulation results (SPICE/Cadence), physical verification (DRC/LVS) and DFTExperience managing an outside design partner, foundry or fabBonus: medical device experience (design controls, FDA submissions) or implantable electronics