Sr. Staff Engineer, IC Design (Power Management)
Location: Nashua, NH, US
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Job Summary
This individual will be a lead for the Power Management research team, participate in design activities, and be instrumental in creating new intellectual property. As part of a cross-functional product development team the Senior Staff Engineer will support other essential disciplines including marketing and applications, project management, characterization, production and test engineering. System level knowledge used to help analyze new concept architectures a huge plus, at a minimum desire to learn system level architecture a must.
Roles & Responsibilities
This position has responsibility for:
Product Definition: Assist Marketing in defining new products through feasibility studies and technical competitive analyses
Product Lead: Top level architecture, sub-block definitions and leading small team of engineers to implement design
Product Design and Evaluation: Schematic Capture, IC layout, Simulation, Package Analysis, Evaluation Board Design, Design Validation, and mentoring engineers
Product Documentation: Document all relevant product and design information to educate others on novel design techniques and provide guidance on product usage
Product Characterization: Work with Characterization and Test Engineers to define, conduct and analyze data from product performance characterization
Production ATE Development: Work with Test Engineers to define, develop and ramp production ATE solutions
Product Support: Work with Applications, Product, Test and Manufacturing Engineers to help answer customer questions, assess field failures, support yield improvements, etc.
Technology Development: work with Technologists to define the technology roadmap, addressing the performance and functional requirements of the product roadmap
Competency Requirements
In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations
Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information.
Displaying Technical Expertise: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
Driving for Results: Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will to put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal driven approach toward work
Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions
Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)
12 years of experience in analog integrated circuit design and power management circuit design
8 years of experience in semiconductor industry
Demonstrated working Silicon in more than one foundry process
Solid understanding of analog circuit theory and power management circuits
Capable in refining the product definition
Excellent analog integrated circuit and power management implementation skills
Experience debugging, probing and characterizing silicon using standard lab equipment
Preferred Qualifications
Participated in at least 5 power management chip products on the market today
Collaborated on at least 10 analog IC chip designs
System level understanding
Experience in a startup environment
Experience in inventions and patent (co-)authorship
Solid knowledge of industry standard design conventions and rules in analog circuit design; knowledge in reducing design risk
Possess excellent project management skills
Creative and innovative on the architectural level
Track record of thorough implementation and first working Silicon
Proficiency in design tools such as Cadence
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Master’s or PhD preferred
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.
pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including “protected veterans” under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
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Nearest Secondary Market: Nashua