Role: Physical Design / Layout Engineer
Industry Type: Electronic Components / Semiconductors
Department: Engineering - Hardware & Networks
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Hardware
UG: Any Graduate
PG: MS/M.Sc(Science) in Any Specialization
Job Type: Experienced Hire
Shift: Shift 1 (India)
Job Details: The Role and Impact As an Analog Circuit Design Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and developing cutting-edge analog circuits in advanced process nodes for analog and mixed-signal IPs. Your work will directly impact Intels ability to deliver high-performance, power-efficient, and reliable products that set industry benchmarks. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, driving innovation and ensuring optimal circuit design for power, performance, area, timing, and yield goals. This role offers a chance to shape the future of semiconductor technology through your expertise in analog design, making a meaningful contribution to Intels global success.
Key Responsibilities
- The candidate should have experience in Analog and Mixed Signal Design with focus on PLLs and clocking circuits. - Extract chip parameters, create test plans, and verify designs against microarchitecture specifications, ensuring robust functionality. - Optimize circuits for power, performance, area, timing, and leakage reduction while adhering to product requirements. - Collaborate with the architecture and layout teams to ensure best-in-class functionality, robustness, and electrical capabilities. - Experience in LC VCO/DCO design. Good exposure to performance parameters of oscillators as well as complete PLL architecture. - Exposure to inductor custom design. Involvement in multi-dimensional 3D solver tools for inductor characterization. - Strong fundamentals of CMOS design, passive RC circuits, switched cap circuits are a must for this role. - Exposure to PLL designs (either Charge-Pump based or ADPLLs or both, Fractional-N PLLs, spread-spectrum PLLs, etc.) - High speed digital circuit design and analysis with timing and flow closure. - Good knowledge of control systems, band gaps, bias, op-amps, LDOs, feedback and compensation techniques.
Qualifications
- Candidate should possess at least a Bachelor / Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent. - Strong academic background required in CMOS semiconductor device physics and silicon processing. - Relevant coursework in CMOS digital, analog, and I/O circuit design Knowledge of transistor-level circuit simulation tools such as SPICE - The following preferred qualifications would be an added advantage: - 8-16 years of experience in Circuit Design and 2-6 experience in LC Oscillators Inductor Design - Familiarity with CMOS transistor and semiconductor device layout methods. - Experience using custom design environments such as Cadence design automation tools (ADS, Analog Artist, or Virtuoso) Knowledge of DRC, LVS, and post-layout extraction tools.