Staff Digital Asic Design Engineer

Our client is a fast-growing and expanding medical device company pioneering ultra-cutting-edge technologies in the medical implants industry. They are currently searching for Staff Digital IC design engineers to work in their Alameda, CA location.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Write Perl/Python scripts for design task automation.
• Write TCL scripts for design tool control – synthesis, place-and-route, et al.
• Test and debug chips after they return from fabrication.
• Write specifications for digital components of mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems.
• Execute full digital flow, from functional requirements to layout, and eventually tape-out.
• Develop RTL to execute required digital functions.
• Define bench-top test plans and verify performance and functionality.
• Work with analog and system IC designers to define digital component requirements.
• Build environments and write test cases for verification and functional validation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Fluent in TCL and Perl /Python scripting languages.
• Experience writing verification plans, building environments (UVM), and writing test cases.
• Experience implementing physical design with synthesis and automated place-and-route.
• Fluent in Verilog and System Verilog digital hardware description languages.
• Experience inserting test structures and generating test patterns for scan and BIST.
• Experience developing digital IP interfacing with analog circuits (LDOs, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, OSCs).
• Experience in low power digital design and power gating of digital blocks.
• Experience in event-driven modeling of analog circuits for full-chip verification.
• Experience with timing analysis and back-annotation for timing verification.
• Education: MSEE with 5+ years of experience, or PhD with 2+ years of experience.

INCENTIVES & BENEFITS:

• Salary $175K+ Base + 20% Annual Bonus
• Relocation Assistance
• 4 weeks of Vacation, 2 Floating Holidays, and 9 Company Paid Holidays
• 100% Employer Paid (for Employee & Family) Health insurance (i.e., Zero Monthly Insurance Premiums – Worth $18-20K/Yr. for an average Family)
• Annual Grant of $30K/Yr. in Cash (Instead of RSU’s) After 3 Years of Employment
• 401(k) Matching at 100% Company Match for First 5% of Employee Contribution

For a list of all our openings, please visit www.gygaforce.com.