Lead Designer, Layout

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI ) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible™. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter (X).

The Group:

The charter of ADI’s Custom Silicon & Consumer Solutions (CSS) team is to lead the market across a range of exciting technology domains with highly differentiated sensing & signal processing and Power solutions. Today these technology areas include Capacitive Sensing, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Optical Sensing, Audio, PMIC and hybrid mixed signal/power developments which drive major growth in our portable Consumer business.

The Business:

ADI’s Custom Silicon and Consumer Solutions (CSS) business has been a key provider of high-volume consumer silicon solutions for the last decade, developing key products that enable highly precise human interpretation and sensory assistance. As part of a long sustainable growth plan, we are expanding our layout team, CSS BU will present the successful candidate a great opportunity for continuous career development as part of a highly motivated and supportive worldwide engineering team.

• LDO, BUCK, BOOST, BUCK-BOOST, CHARGE-PUMP, SIMO (Single-Input / Multiple Outputs), IBB (Inverted BUCK-BOOST)
• Oscillators, PLL, Bandgap, References, ADC, DAC, I/O, AFE, Tx, Rx 

Responsibilities:

• Top Level Integration
  • Execute top level integration of large-scale mixed signal and PMIC chips.
  • Manage communication between IP owners and drive a top-down approach to top level integration.
  • Interface with Digital Physical design to integrate large digital IP.
  •  Full verification sign-off with supporting documentation.

•  IP Development
  • Execute on IP Mask Layout Design
  • Collaborate with IP Designers and understand sub-circuitry sensitivities
  • Take responsibility/ownership for layout of large-scale IP/Sub Systems, including scheduling, Floorplanning, verification.
  • Co-ordinate the workload for small layout sub teams within a larger project team
  • Provide customer facing documentation.

• Human Resources
  • Enable a culture of continuous learning and improvement
  • Provide Mentorship and technical leadership, setting up framework and structure for efficient development flows.
  • Support project management, task planning, Schedule and resources

Key Competencies Required

• Experience in use of Cadence Virtuoso IC61/IC18/IC20
• High proficiency in use of VXL
• Experience in use of Mentor Graphics Calibre
• Experience with Floorplanning large Blocks
• Experience of Top-Down methodologies
• Experience of both AoT (Analog on Top) & DoT (Digital on Top) flows
• High proficiency in interpretation of LVS/DRC/ERC/ANTENNA/DENSITY/DFM
• Expertise in standard layout practices such as Layout matching, parasitic, noise & noise isolation, supply consideration, latch up, shielding, Well’s substrates and Isolation.
• Experience in laying out circuits for ESD consideration
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Good interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to work well in a global team environment
• Ability to work with the design team to minimize layout re-work by improving processes, checklists, documentation
• Scripting skills in PERL or SKILL considered an advantage
• Good written and verbal communication

Key Qualifications:

• BE/BSc Electronic Engineering or equivalent
• 10 + years’ experience in IC Layout 
• Scripting skills in PERL or SKILL or AMPLE are considered a plus, but not required
• Good team worker with multi-discipline, multi-cultural and multi-site environments

• We place great value on individual judgment
• We allow our employees the freedom to explore new ideas and the autonomy to determine how to best achieve business goals and objectives
• We emphasize professional development and mentoring
• Above all, we recognize that the personal goals of our employees and the company’s goals are closely related and must support each other

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