ASIC Design Engineer

Goleta, CA, United States

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

Analog Design Engineer: Designer in charge of architecting analog circuits for infrared focal plane arrays. Analog circuits include readout integrated circuit (ROIC) analog signal path, analog to digital converters (ADCs), and high-speed I/O. As part of the design phase determines architecture and timing from the analog input to driving all digital data off chip. Performs performance analysis including noise, power and variability. Responsible for entire analog design and support circuitry (such as biases and PLLs), from transistor level simulations, to system level analysis. Works with analog, digital and layout engineers on the same project. Presents designs and trades for peer and customer reviews. Works with test and systems engineers through characterization of final products.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Flow down and documentation customer requirements

Develop IC specifications

Prepare written proposals and Statement of Work

Develop IC design concept, floor plan and performance analysis

Perform analog design, timing design, and detailed analog simulations

Perform noise analysis to predict image performance

Generation of IC design documentation

Customer interface and design review presentations

Adherence to detailed analog IC design process

Coordination with design team, including other IC designers and layout engineer

Responsible ensuring correct design implementation based on foundry PDK

Provide complete detailed final documentation to enable test engineering to develop test hardware and software to test IC as required

IC device test support; provide assistance (as required) to test engineering to perform test verification

Job Qualifications (Required)

B.S. in EE or Physics required, M.S., or PhD in EE or Physics desired

5-10 years of experience in IC design

Circuit topology

Analog design for CMOS technology

Analog to Digital Converters

Schematic capture and SPICE simulation

Communication, collaboration and teamwork required to be a technical leader of a small design team

Attention to detail required to perform detailed design process

Written communication to document performance and design trades

Verbal communication and presentation skills to present designs and trades

Column Parallel ADC experience

PLL experience

High Speed I/O and data multiplexing experience

Definition of IC architecture and timing

Small signal analysis

Noise performance analysis including switched circuit noise

Analysis of layout parasitic effects

Foundry interface

Understanding and installing foundry PDKs

Tape out process

Testing and debugging of IC hardware

Customer interface

Communication and relationships with customer

Understanding customer requirements to generate IC specifications

Proficient in Windows and Linux operating systems

Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Job Qualifications (Preferred):

Experience with imaging systems and electro-optical components

Digital-In-Pixel ROIC (DPROIC) experience

IR sensor and camera system requirement experience

Defining Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) architecture and timing

Experience with ICs interfacing to bolometer IR detectors

Experience with ICs interfacing to photon IR detectors (InGaAs, InSb, MCT, QWIP, SLS)

IC floor planning

Cadence Virtuoso software experience

Coding background

Familiarity with Quality Systems (ISO9001)

Familiarity with ISO26262

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

Salary Range:

$139,700.00 - $234,300.00

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

About Us You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day .

Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

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