Analog Design Architect

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India

Analog Circuit Design Engineer role at Intel, focusing on designing and developing cutting-edge analog circuits for advanced process nodes. The role involves creating high-performance analog and mixed-signal IPs, optimizing circuits for various objectives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires expertise in high-speed IO circuits and analog circuit design, with a strong foundation in CMOS design principles.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and develop analog circuits for advanced process nodes, focusing on analog and mixed-signal IPs.
  2. Create floorplans, extract chip parameters, and simulate analog behavioral models to verify design intent.
  3. Develop test plans to validate designs against circuit and block microarchitecture specifications.
  4. Analyze test results and optimize circuits for performance, power, area, timing, and yield goals.
  5. Collaborate with architecture and layout teams to design circuits with robust functionality and electrical capabilities.

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
  • 14+ years of experience
  • Expertise in designing high speed IO circuits (SerDes, LPDDR, DDR, HBM) such as transmitter, receiver, clocking, PLL, DLL, LDOs, power circuits, etc.
  • Expertise in analog circuit design, including LDO, TX/RX blocks, power circuits, and ADCs.
  • Proficiency in circuit simulation tools and methodologies
  • Strong fundamentals of CMOS design, RC circuits, high speed circuit design concept, and layout principles
  • Ability to optimize circuit designs for power, performance, area, and leakage
  • Hands-on experience with floor planning and static timing analysis
  • Experience working with Post-Si and SoC teams to debug pre/post Silicon issues

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated problem-solving skills
  • Ability to debug and validate analog designs
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong system-level understanding and modeling of analog circuits
  • Experience in signal and power integrity optimization
  • Experience with modeling and simulation of high-speed interface interconnects/channel
  • Experience with performing measurement, and correlating measurements to simulations
  • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment

What the JD emphasized

  • Expertise in designing high speed IO circuits (SerDes, LPDDR, DDR, HBM) such as transmitter, receiver, clocking, PLL, DLL, LDOs, power circuits, etc.
  • Expertise in analog circuit design, including LDO, TX/RX blocks, power circuits, and ADCs.
  • Strong fundamentals of CMOS design, RC circuits, high speed circuit design concept, and layout principles are a must for this role