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Job Description:
he candidate will be part of the memory design team supporting the definition, specification, system simulation and implementation of future DDR, LPDDR related product IPs. The focus of the activity will be centered around the circuit architecture and design of critical high-speed analog and digital blocks, definition of specifications for the high speed data path.
Location: San Jose-US
Responsibilities:
- Ownership of high speed analog/mixed signal designs at chip and block level
- Design, simulate and characterize high-performance and high-speed circuits
- Create high level model for design tradeoff analysis and behavior model for verification simulations
- Work with digital/system teams to define architecture and design plan to achieve budget, schedule and project deliverable goal
- Create floor plan and work with layout team to demonstrate post extraction performance
- Document analysis and simulation to show that design achieves critical electrical, timing parameters and pre-silicon verification flow
- Work with the lab and system team for test plan, silicon bring-up and characterization
- Understand and disseminate applicable standards and its relevance in a given project to team
- Mentor junior designers
- Participate and contribute to the definition of development flows that improve efficiency and quality of design execution
Qualifications:
- MS EE and 7+ years or PhD EE and 5+ years’ experience of analog/mixed-signal circuit design
- Prior experience in high speed analog circuits like Transmitter, Receiver, PLL, DLL, PI or clock distribution
- Solid knowledge of design principles for practical design tradeoffs
- Solid knowledge of the basic building blocks like bias, op-amp and LDO
- Experience in designing memory interfaces such as DDR 4/5 or serial links such as PCIE is highly desirable
- Experience in modeling with Verilog-A, Verilog, matlab is desirable
- Experience in working in leading R&D and future technology development projects is desirable
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of MPS to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
Skills Required
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and 7+ years of analog/mixed-signal circuit design experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of experience
- Prior experience designing high-speed analog circuits, such as transmitters, receivers, PLLs, DLLs, phase interpolators, or clock distribution
- Solid knowledge of practical design tradeoffs and design principles
- Solid knowledge of bias circuits, operational amplifiers, and low-dropout regulators
- Experience designing DDR4/DDR5 memory interfaces or PCIe serial links
- Experience modeling with Verilog-A, Verilog, or MATLAB
- Experience working on leading R&D and future technology development projects
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What We Do
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) provides small, highly energy efficient, easy-to-use power solutions for systems found in industrial applications, telecom infrastructures, cloud computing, automotive, and consumer applications. MPS' mission is to reduce total energy consumption in our customers' systems and service our customers with green, practical, compact solutions. MPS can be contacted through its website at www.monolithicpower.com or its support offices around the world. The company was founded by Michael R. Hsing in 1997 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. Note: Monolithic Power Systems only communicates through official channels. Be cautious of unsolicited messages or job offers using similar domain names.
