Staff IC Technical Lead 1

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Decawave is a pioneer in ultra-wideband (UWB) technology and provider of UWB solutions for mobile, automotive and IoT applications. Decawave was founded in 2007 and has deployed more than 8 million chipsets in more than 40 different market verticals – from smartphones to drones. In February 2020 the company became part of Qorvo and with that the Ultra-Wideband Business Unit (UWBU) within Qorvo Mobile Products

SUMMARY:

Work with the IC product managers to generate the MRD, PRD and product specification for future roadmap products.  

Lead a cross-functional team to deliver the next generation IC products from concept to volume production. Support concurrent engineering activities to ensure on-going production of quality products with high yield.  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

DESIGN 

• Work with the business team on IC requirements and product definition 

• Maintain the IC specification and supporting documentation 

• Drive the IC floorplan, package, IO ring. ESD strategy and top-level power management 

• Work with teams from all disciplines (analog, digital, backend, packaging)  

• Ensure the IC follows best practice for design and testability (DFM, DFT, production test access etc.) 

• Interface with the Physical Designer to hand off the synthesised netlist and constraints, and to iterate through layout, floorplan and design changes needed to close post-layout timing. 

• Ensure that designs follow industry standard design flows, verification techniques, 

• Create the necessary design and product documentation. 

• Drive Design reviews and tapeout signoff meetings for spec compliance 

TEST 

• Assist in the development of the IC production test suite (Package test, wafer probe, HTOL, Latch-up, ESD) 

• Execute plans and develops test procedures 

• Actively participate in silicon bring-up and characterisation testing 

INTERPERSONAL 

• Work with the product managers and the IC design team to ensure the IC design is executed to plan 

• Interact with other engineers in systems, RF/analog subsystems to ensure products are delivered to meet or exceed specifications, on time and where applicable within budget. 

• Support the applications team in solving customer issues and solving and anticipating potential issues. 

• Provide direct customer support on IC related issues. 

Main Goals: 

• Technical leadership for the production of high quality mixed signals ICs using industry best practice methods for design, verification and test 

• Actively support concurrent engineering activities such as continuous yield improvement 

• Actively support applications engineering & sales teams to increase revenue 

• Mentor junior engineers and to share IC skills/experience with other members of the team 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in the complete digital ASIC Design flow, from specification, frontend RTL Design, Verification, STA (static timing analyse) through DFT and physical implementation 

• Experience in the complete analog ASIC Design flow, from specification, schematic entry, layout, post-layout simulation. 

• An excellent understanding of IC design flow and key productivity / performance metrics 

• Have experience in multiple high volume tape-outs  

• Experience in low power IC modelling and design techniques 

• Experience in IP Evaluation and selection, Analog/Digital partitioning in mixed-signal systems 

• Experienced in die-size estimation and modelling the trade-offs between functionality and die-size and package selection would be an advantage 

• Familiarity with designing on nodes of CMOS 40nm or less 

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills 

• Excellent communications skills and ability to work on own initiative to come up with innovative solutions 

Minimum Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering or related field and 15+ years of experience in relevant product development. 


 

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