Analog Design, Staff Engineer

Our Solution IP group in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team. Come and be part of a collaborative team environment that innovates and develops the latest IP solutions that enable the way the world designs. Join US!

You will be part of an R&D team developing high speed analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for DDR/LPDDR PHY, High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) PHY and Mobile Storage PHY IPs. We are looking for an engineer with theoretical knowledge and practical experience to contribute to the team. You will work with a cross functional design team of analog and digital designers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Our design environment is best-in-class with a full suite of IC design tools, supplemented by custom in-house tools, and supported by an experienced software/CAD team.

Analog & Mixed Signal R&D Customer Support

Provide targeted support to mixed-signal DDR PHY IP customers. The targeted customer support will include both pre-Sales and post-Sales support. Activities of customer support include such tasks as IP integration and implementation, design debug, silicon bring-up, and silicon testing. Experience with HBM or DDR protocols is a definite asset but not mandatory. This position requires extensive interaction with customers, including periodic international conference call to assist with customer engagement.

When not actively supporting customers, the candidate will participate in design, verification, silicon testing, documentation, or other related tasks. These tasks may include identifying and refining circuit design to achieve optimal power, area and performance targets; proposing design and verification strategies that efficiently use simulator features to ensure highest quality design; presenting simulation data for peer and customer review; documenting design features and test plans; and consulting on the electrical characterization of your circuit within the IP product.

Job Requirements

• Engineering degree with demonstrated 6+ years’ experience
• Technical understanding of DDR5/4/3, LPDDR5x/5/4x/4 are a plus
• In depth familiarity with transistor level circuit design - sound CMOS design fundamentals.
• Experience with FinFET technologies is a plus.
• Detailed design experience with at least one, and familiarity with several other DDR or SerDes sub-circuits:
  • receive equalizers, samplers, voltage/current-mode drivers, serializers, de-serializers, voltage-controlled oscillator, phase mixer, delay-locked loop, phase locked loop, bandgap reference, ADC, DAC
• Aware of ESD issues (i.e. circuit techniques, layout).
• Familiarity with custom digital design (i.e. high-speed logic paths).
• Knowledge of design for reliability (i.e. EM, IR, aging, etc.).
• Knowledge of layout effects (i.e. matching, reliability, proximity effects, etc.).
• Experience with tools for schematic entry, physical layout, and design verification.
• Hands-on experience with physical layout of high-speed circuits is a plus.
• Knowledge of SPICE simulators and simulation methods.
• Knowledgeable in Verilog-A for analog behavioral modeling and simulation-control/data-capture.
• Experience with TCL, Perl, C, Python, MATLAB, or other scripting languages is desired.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

Synopsys Canada ULC values the diversity of our workforce. We are committed to provide access & opportunity to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals throughout the recruitment and employment process. Should you require an accommodation, please contact hr-help-canada@synopsys.com.