Analog Circuit Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Oregon, Hillsboro, United States +2

Analog Circuit Design Engineer responsible for designing critical foundational collateral (e.g., Metal Finger Capacitors, Thin Film Resistors, inductors) on leading edge Intel processes. This involves collaborating with process/device, PDK/modeling, EDA, and product design teams to co-optimize design and technology (DTCO) and deliver silicon proven solutions through test chips. Responsibilities include driving on-time library PDK release, ensuring timely development and test coverage, defining foundational IP, and designing/characterizing library collateral schematics and layouts.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will be responsible for driving on-time library PDK release with highest quality, coordinate with the design owners and multiple stake holders in device, integration, OPC, DR, and runset for customer solutions.
  2. Ensure the timely development and test coverage to cover possible design usage scenarios for passive component templates.
  3. Definition of copy exact foundational IP in collaboration with analog and RF designers in product groups and AD to support passive component needs while optimizing for performance, area, and process compatibility.
  4. Working with process device and reliability stake holders as part of DTCO to co-optimize design, process modeling and design rules for passive components.
  5. Designing library collateral schematics and layouts for passive components, and characterizing them through all PV RV and electrical parameter extraction flows.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field with 4+ years in analog/RF circuit design or device physics fundamentals OR Master's degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field with 3+ years in analog/RF circuit design or device physics fundamentals OR Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field with 6+ months of professional experience in analog/RF circuit design or device physics fundamentals
  • 3+ years' experience with SPICE level circuit design/simulation and Cadence Virtuoso (or equivalent custom design environment), including layout generation
  • 3+ years' experience in data analysis/scripting (e.g., Python or Matlab)

Nice to have

  • 1+ year of experience with device physics, analog fundamentals (gain, bandwidth, noise, linearity, stability), and/or variability/yield (corners, mismatch, Monte Carlo)
  • Experience with passive component design and characterization (capacitors, resistors, inductors)
  • Knowledge of electromagnetic simulation tools and RF design principles
  • Familiarity with advanced process technologies and their impact on passive component performance
  • Experience with Verilog modeling, EM/IR and reliability checks, or electromagnetic/RF simulation flows
  • Familiar with Pcell design using SKILL
  • Exposure to post silicon characterization and debug
  • Familiarity with statistics/DOE and machine learning for design space exploration or correlation
  • Comfortable working across time zones with process, modeling, PDK, and product teams
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills