IC Design Integration Quality Engineer

Posted 5 Days Ago
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San Jose, CA
155K-185K Annually
Entry level
Semiconductor
The Role
The IC Design Integration Quality Engineer will establish quality gates in the IC design process, monitor IC designs for quality assurance, perform DFMEA analysis, collaborate with teams to meet design specifications, maintain quality documentation, implement process improvements, and ensure design reviews meet quality metrics.
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The Opportunity


We're looking for the Wavemakers of tomorrow.

Alphawave Semi enables tomorrow’s future by accelerating the critical data communication at the heart of our digital world – from seamless video streaming to AI to the metaverse and much more. Our technology powers product innovation in the most data-demanding industries today, including data centers, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. Customers partner with us for mission-critical data communication, our innovative technologies, and our proven track record. Together, we enable the next generation of digital technology.

What you'll do:

  • Establish and implement quality gates throughout the IC design process, between RTL and PD, to ensure compliance with industry standards and customer requirements. Work collaboratively with groups from architecture, DFT, PD, and design verification to ensure designs are delivered on time and with the highest quality.
  • Continuously monitor and audit IC designs to identify and address potential quality issues, ensuring designs meet specified criteria. Perform analysis of coverage metrics to ensure conformity with design specification and verification plan.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and incorporate customer requirements into the design quality assurance process.
  • DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis): Perform DFMEA to systematically evaluate potential failure modes in the design phase and ensure robust design solutions. Provide training and support.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of quality assurance processes, audit results, and corrective actions.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance design quality and efficiency. Participate in establishing/improving CAD and design flow methodologies.
  • Drive design phase end reviews to closure by meeting customer and internal quality and reliability metrics.
  • Assist in evaluating impact of Customer functional ECOs on device meeting requirements.

What you'll need:

  • 10+yrs of experience in Semiconductor Industry with MS or PhD in Electrical EE or Physics
  • Knowledge of the ASIC design flow, synthesis, static timing analysis, scripting, and netlist generation.
  • Hands-on experience in STA, PD, and PDV.
  • Knowledge of timing corners, operating modes, process variations, and signal integrity-related issues.
  • Exposure to industry standard Timing, Logic Equivalence, Physical Design and Synthesis tools.
  • Knowledge of basic SoC Architecture and HDL languages like Verilog to collaborate with our logic design team for timing fixes and functional ECOs.
  • Experience in design 7nm node and below a plus.
  • Familiarity with DFT and physical design backend related methods and tools.
  • Experience with integration of high-speed interface IPs, such as UCIe, DDR, and HBM a plus.
  • Experience with 2.5D design a plus.
  • Experience with Layout tools
  • A good understanding of basic failure mechanisms

Salary and Benefits

We offer great compensation packages, including a salary that aligns with each candidate's skills and experience. Your contribution will be recognized with a base salary within the range of $155,000 to $185,000 annually, with the exact compensation within this range to be determined based on a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience and location.

"Hybrid work environment"

In addition, as part of our commitment to the well-being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

  • Health Insurance
  • Retirement Savings
  • Paid time off

Diversity & Inclusivity

Alphawave Semi is based out of one of the most diverse countries in the world. This includes differences related to race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender expression and presentation, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability and socioeconomic status. To us, diversity is one our strongest assets to our organization. We commit ourselves to promoting the recognition and appreciation of our diverse and rich culture. We believe that it is critical to our success to promote freedom of thought and opinion in a respectful environment. The decisions we make are rooted by respectfully considering each other’s thoughts and opinions and by working towards a greater common goal.

Accommodation

Alphawave Semi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including visible minorities, Indigenous People, and persons with disabilities. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. If as a qualified job applicant, you request accommodation, Alphawave Semi will consult with you to provide reasonable accommodations according to your specific needs. If you wish to make a request, you will be provided an opportunity if you’re applications is selected to proceed in our hiring process.

Top Skills

Verilog
The Company
London
636 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

We work to create silicon that enables the highest performing, most reliability and lowest power digital communication networks.

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