Sr. Mixed-Signal Silicon Engineer

DESCRIPTION

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

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The Role:

As Senior Mixed-Signal Silicon Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative product solutions. You will work closely with an internal inter-disciplinary team, and third-party suppliers to drive key aspects of product definition, execution and optimization. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

As a member of the RFIC team, you will be responsible for the architectural definition, design, simulation, layout, and extracted simulation for transmit and receive mixed-signal circuit blocks including data converters and aspects of SERDES. Strong focus will be on creating power and cost optimized solutions for a given system performance.

Export Control Requirement:

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

Explore architectures for DACs/ADCs, DLLs, and other timing circuits/signal converters and make detailed presentations on power/area/performance trade-offs.

Design & optimize high-speed >800Msps medium resolution (5-8 bits) DACs & ADCs in deeply scaled CMOS processes.

Analyze and design key circuit blocks for high-speed SERDES interfaces.

Perform circuit layout, parasitic extraction, and run extracted simulation across various corners to make sure designs are robust and can be taken to volume production.

Collaborate with the digital design team to define analog/digital boundary requirements for circuit calibration, clock generation, and timing.

Specify bench and production test plans for your designs.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Redmond, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Master's / PhD degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering or related field.

7+ years of experience in mixed-signal design, preferably in an advanced node.

Proven track record where products have gone to volume production.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

10+ years of hands-on experience in low-power mixed signal circuit design.

Strong technical background in some of the following:

o Mixed-signal design, layout and verification in FinFET, SOI, BiCMOS, and Bulk CMOS technologies.

o Radio sub-system design (ADCs, DACs, PLLs, etc). Strong knowledge of architectural optimizations including pipe-lining/time-interleaving.

o Solid understanding of analog design and layout techniques (bias, matching) as well as clock distribution.

o Proficiency with digital and mixed signal simulators, for example Incisive/Xcelium, VCS, AMS Designer, or CustomSim-VCS.

o Strong ability to solve simulation accuracy, speed and capacity issues.

o Strong understanding of the implementation of high-level, mixed signal, and behavioral models for such circuits.

o Efficient programming and software development skills in Python, Perl, and SKILL.

o Knowledge of the Cadence Virtuoso Design Framework, Virtuoso Schematic Editor, and Analog Design Environment (Explorer/Assembler), including flow automation and custom netlisting with SKILL.

Strong written and verbal skills.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.