Analog Circuit Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India

Analog Circuit Design Engineer at Intel, responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing high-speed analog circuits in advanced process nodes. This role involves circuit design, validation, simulation, optimization for power/performance/area/timing/yield, test plan creation, cross-functional collaboration, and post-silicon debug. Requires expertise in high-speed analog circuits like TX/RX blocks, PLLs, DLLs, SerDes, and voltage regulators, with proficiency in industry-standard tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, develop, and build analog circuits for advanced process nodes, enabling high-performance and robust functionality.
  2. Perform circuit design, validation, extraction of chip parameters, and simulation of analog behavior models.
  3. Optimize circuits for power efficiency, performance, area, timing, and yield goals.
  4. Create test plans to verify designs against block microarchitecture specifications, evaluating test results for design validation.
  5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design specifications, collect feedback, and resolve design issues.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 13+ years with Master's degree, or 6+ years with PhD in analog circuit design
  • Proficiency with industry-standard tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, PrimeSim, HSPICE, ADE, and Custom Compiler
  • Expertise in designing high-speed analog circuits such as TX/RX blocks, PLLs, DLLs, SerDes, and voltage regulators
  • Strong fundamentals in CMOS design, circuit simulation, and high-speed analog design concepts
  • Familiarity with DRC, LVS, and post-layout extraction tools

Nice to have

  • Experience in post-silicon debug, electrical validation, and correlating measurements to simulations
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as TCL, Perl, Python, or C for design automation tasks
  • Familiarity with modeling and simulation of high-speed interface interconnects and channels
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical skills, and ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative team environment
  • Demonstrated leadership experience, ability to mentor junior team members, and drive innovation in circuit design

What the JD emphasized

  • 13+ years with Master's degree, or 6+ years with PhD in analog circuit design
  • Proficiency with industry-standard tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, PrimeSim, HSPICE, ADE, and Custom Compiler
  • Expertise in designing high-speed analog circuits such as TX/RX blocks, PLLs, DLLs, SerDes, and voltage regulators
  • Strong fundamentals in CMOS design, circuit simulation, and high-speed analog design concepts