Senior Staff Silicon Design Engineer (analog)

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Cork, Ireland · Engineering

This role is for a Senior Staff Silicon Design Engineer specializing in Analog circuits for SerDes products at AMD. The engineer will design and verify high-speed analog circuits for data transmission and recovery, working with the latest CMOS FinFET nodes. Responsibilities include circuit design, verification, layout, floor-planning, and silicon bring-up. The role requires strong analytical skills and collaboration with global teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Analog circuit design of different circuits related to SerDes phy development to meet block level design specifications
  2. Verification of circuit designs to ensure functional, performance and reliability targets are achieved using industry standard tools and methodologies.
  3. Regular presentation and sharing of design progress to peers
  4. Participating in design reviews of other circuits both for identifying potential issues and also from a learning perspective.
  5. Communication with SerDes circuit team members at other sites for the purposes of sharing ideas.

Skills

Required

  • High-speed analog circuit design
  • Verification of analog circuits
  • Analog circuit systems
  • Layout floor-planning
  • Layout dependent effects
  • Post-layout verification
  • Analytical skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Communication skills
  • Team player

Nice to have

  • Good analog circuit design and analysis skills
  • Experience with industry standard schematic entry and circuit simulation tools and methodologies
  • Good programming / scripting skills
  • Familiarity with the impact of layout effects on circuit design
  • Experience with circuit floorplanning.
  • Previous experience on high speed circuit design would be a benefit.
  • Experience in silicon debug, verification and characterization
  • Good interpersonal/teamwork skills