Analog Engineer, Principal in Toronto

Company: Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Analog Mixed Signal Design

General Summary: Oversees definition, design, verification, and documentation for development of a variety of CMOS mixed analog/digital blocks such as: data converters, PLLs, analog/digital filters, low drop out linear voltage regulators, precision references, comparators, fingerprint sensor AFE, audio amplifiers and high speed SERDES. Determines architecture design and circuit specifications based on system level requirements. Is actively involved in all aspects of the design from system definition/simulation to circuit design and simulation. Heavy involvement in overseeing layout and silicon evaluation is also expected. Uses design tools such as Cadence ADE, MathWorks MATLAB and others. Provides technical expertise for new initiatives (e.g., 5G, analog design automation).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of experience with analog or mixed-signal integrated circuit design in nanometer planar CMOS or FinFET and 8+ years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 8+ years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field and 6+ years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience using one or more design tools (e.g., CADENCE, SPICE, MATLAB, and/or Verilog/VHDL).

The Opportunity: The Qualcomm team combines technologists from different disciplines who come together with a shared passion for electronics, software, and communication technology. We look for individuals with a deep desire to build great products and we value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems.

What You’ll Do:

• Work with a team of world-class engineers who are willing to help when needed and are happy to receive help when offered.
• Ensure analog block performance adheres to standard and system model specifications.
• Identify and refine circuit implementation to optimize power, performance and area targets.
• Propose design and verification strategies to ensure high quality design.
• Oversee physical layout to minimize the impact of parasitics, device stress, and process variation.
• Present simulation data for peer review.
• Document design features and key testbench performance metrics.
• Work with the application team to characterize your circuit and correlate measurements with simulation results.

What You’ll Need:

• PhD degree or MSc degree in Engineering Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering is at a minimum.
• Familiarity with transistor-level circuit design using advanced CMOS technology nodes.
• Silicon-proven experience implementing circuits for analog building blocks.
• Design experience with one or more of the following circuit blocks: continuous time linear equalizer, slicer, high-speed ADC, voltage-controlled oscillator, phase interpolator, bandgap reference, voltage regulator, serializer, deserializer, voltage/current-mode transmitter, phase-locked loop, phase detector.
• Experience optimizing CMOS layout to minimize parasitic impacts.
• Experience designing for reliability including management of aging, overstress, and electromigration issues.
• Experience with EDA tools for schematic entry, layout, and verification.
• Knowledge of SPICE simulators and simulation methods.
• Knowledgeable in Verilog-A for analog behavioural modeling.

About You:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to listen to and appreciate ideas and opinions that differ from yours.
• Extremely detail oriented.
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Drives for consistency.
• Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs.
• Self-motivated and self-managing.