Staff Design Engineer

Staff Design Engineer
Location: North Carolina
Ref: 05PHPD008

Background

The ARM PHY group is a dynamic, rapidly growing team with world-class expertise in analog and mixed-signal system design. We are currently designing and marketing leading edge interface IP for the memory and serial interface markets. Our memory products include DDR1/DDR2 and GDDR3 PHYs operating at speeds up to 1.8GHz. We deliver solutions for multiple serial interface standards including PCI Express, S-ATA, XAUI and others. These products operate at data rates from 1 Gbps to over 6 Gbps, and are either in production or development at 130nm, 90nm and 65nm semiconductor processes for various foundries and IDMs.

 

Design centers for the PHY group are located in Raleigh, North Carolina and San Diego, California.  We have a multi-disciplinary team composed of marketing and technical professionals with expertise in such areas as analog and mixed-signal circuit design, digital system design, PCB design, high-speed lab testing, and test chip design. If you are interested in working on some of the most challenging and leading edge physical IP in the market today, then you should consider joining the ARM PHY team.


Role

The right candidate will be an integral contributor to next-generation SerDes designs at ARM.  The engineer could be responsible for any combination of these tasks:

-  Mentor team members on design methodology and best design practices

-  Development of new architecture

-  Design and Layout of PHY blocks

-  Design Verification (individual and top-level)

-  Conduct feasibility assessments

-  Creation of design documentation

Personal Requirements

- minimum BSEE ( prefer MSEE or PhD.  )

Essential Technical Skills

 

- minimum 5 years electrical design experience with 2 years physical design (layout) experience

- minimum 2 years experience designing high-speed PHYs

- minimum 3 years experience working with Cadence EDA tools

 

Desirable Skills

- Knowledge of various SerDes standards

- Experience designing multiple sub-blocks of the PHY

- Experience with top level verification, mixed-signal verification

 

Personal SkillsCapable of working as a team player or independently.Enthusiastic, self motivated, flexible, with strong inter-personal skills.High degree of initiative.Willingness and ability to contribute to process improvement initiatives.Good communication skills, oral and written.Able to work and communicate at a detailed or high level.

Package

ARM will offer the following benefits for this position:Salary - Commensurate with experienceStock OptionsMedical InsuranceDental InsuranceLife InsuranceContributory 401K4 weeks paid vacation

Contact
Direct all responses to:
 

ARM

141 Caspian Court

Sunnyvale, CA 94089


David Wagner

Sr. Recruiter

Email: david.wagner@arm.com

 

If you would like to apply for this job please send an email enclosing your details and current CV.