Job Title: Circuit Design Engineer Location: Flexible. Folsom, San Diego, Fort Collins, and Austin preferred. Duration: 2 years max Analog Design Engineer THE PERSON: * Solid knowledge Analog Circuit Design in FinFET technology specifically in PLLs and associated subblocks including VCO, charge-pump, dividers, state machines, LDO, feedback and compensation techniques, bandgap, TDC, interpolator circuits, high-speed buffers etc. * Solid knowledge of industry-standard tools and practices for analog circuit design * Good knowledge in Physical design, STA, methodology scripts (Tcl), knowledge on Perl, Python * Quality-oriented mindset * Strong and effective communication skills and team spirit KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: * Help design of building blocks of a PLL * Run pre-tapeout verification flows to confirm design meets performance, power, reliability and timing requirements. * Work closely with layout engineers to deliver the physical design as well as define production/bench-level test plans with post-silicon characterization groups for silicon evaluation to ensure interlocked and high-quality execution PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: * 3-5 years of professional experience in the semiconductor industry * Experience in FinFET & Dual Patterning nodes such as 16/14/10/7nm/5nm * Hands-on design experience in performance analog and hybrid Phase Locked Loops, analog-to-digital (ADC), digital-to-analog (DAC) data converter, VCO, LDO, bandgap, charge pump, op-amps, interpolator circuits. * Experience with the following is a plus: Digital PLL techniques, TDC or DSP and control theory experience related to digital PLLs, Dual charge-pump PLL designs, Fractional-N PLLs, spread-spectrum PLLs. * Proficient with Cadence custom circuit design tools like ADE-L and ADE-XL and running Monte-Carlo, noise, aging, EM and IR drop simulations and stability analysis. Helic/EMX is a plus. * Have good experience with simulation tools such as Spectre, Hspice, AFS, and MATLAB, System Verilog, Python. * Capable of understanding DRC and LVS results with verification tools (Calibre, ICV, or like) * Proficiency in scripting languages like Perl, Python, matlab etc. is a plus. * Able to work effectively in a team, with good interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and positive energy * Possess strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to details * Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: * Master's in electrical engineering or equivalent preferred