Staff IC Technical Lead 1
Ireland - Cork, IE
Qorvo is All Around You! We make a better world possible by providing innovative Radio Frequency (RF) solutions at the centre of connectivity. We are a global company thriving on a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusion. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers’ most complex technical challenges.
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
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Work with the business team on IC requirements and product definition
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Maintain the IC specification and supporting documentation
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Drive the IC floorplan, package, IO ring. ESD strategy and top-level power management
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Work with teams from all disciplines (analog, digital, backend, packaging)
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Ensure the IC follows best practice for design and testability (DFM, DFT, production test access etc.)
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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.
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Ensure that designs follow industry standard design flows, verification techniques,
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Create the necessary design and product documentation.
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Drive Design reviews and tapeout signoff meetings for spec compliance
TEST
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Assist in the development of the IC production test suite (Package test, wafer probe, HTOL, Latch-up, ESD)
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Execute plans and develops test procedures
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Actively participate in silicon bring-up and characterisation testing
INTERPERSONAL
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Work with the product managers and the IC design team to ensure the IC design is executed to plan
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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.
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Support the applications team in solving customer issues and solving and anticipating potential issues.
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Provide direct customer support on IC related issues.
Main Goals:
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Technical leadership for the production of high quality mixed signals ICs using industry best practice methods for design, verification and test
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Actively support concurrent engineering activities such as continuous yield improvement
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Actively support applications engineering & sales teams to increase revenue
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Mentor junior engineers and to share IC skills/experience with other members of the team
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Experience in the complete digital ASIC Design flow, from specification, frontend RTL Design, Verification, STA (static timing analyse) through DFT and physical implementation
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Experience in the complete analog ASIC Design flow, from specification, schematic entry, layout, post-layout simulation.
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An excellent understanding of IC design flow and key productivity / performance metrics
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Have experience in multiple high volume tape-outs
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Experience in low power IC modelling and design techniques
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Experience in IP Evaluation and selection, Analog/Digital partitioning in mixed-signal systems
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Experienced in die-size estimation and modelling the trade-offs between functionality and die-size and package selection would be an advantage
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Familiarity with designing on nodes of CMOS 40nm or less
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Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
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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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