JOB DESCRIPTION

Reference: ES-CO-070086-ANA-USB

Job title: Analog Mixed-signal designer (USB, SC)

Job type: Contract

Location: Sophia-Antipolis, 06, France

Duration: 3 month, renewable

Starting Date: ASAP

Introduction:

As a member of the sub-micron Mobile Integrated Solutions Design Team, you will be engaged mainly with Mixed Signal (Digital and Analog) Analog IC Design developments for Mobile systems.

You will be assisting in the development of Sub-chip and Module Architectures and the Electrical IC Design Specifications from a System-level Functional Description for High-Speed USB2.0 systems.

The latter includes 480MHz USB High-Speed PHY, ULPI interface, CEA/proprietary Carkit Audio interfaces, USB Power Management, as well as USB device and USB charger detection.

You will also participate in the subchip Integration and its IC Development in deep sub-micron MOS circuit Technologies of such architectures.

Description:

• Interaction with other Development groups to understand product requirements
• Assist in Sub-chip and Module Architecture development, modeling, and simulation
• Development of Block Level IC diagrams from System description, Standards, Customer requirements and from Electrical Spec.
• Design and Simulation of IC functions (with and without parasitic extraction).
• Supervise IC Layout and avoid potential reliability problems and parasitics issues
• Ensure simulations show compliance to IC Design Spec.
• Integration of Transistor level designs into IC’s.
• Support Sub-chip and Chip-level Design Verification

· Support IC Test Development and Manufacturing, validation and release-to-production

USB Development specific:

• Understand USB2.0, OTG, CEA-936A, Charger Detection, ULPI specification standards and their relevance to the realization to an IC design
• Translation of customer-specific USB requirements/specifications to Electrical specs and to transistor-level Design Circuits
• USB architecture selection by comparison of existing TI USB solutions and public-domain USB solutions (research papers, white papers, etc)
• Knowledge of USB Audio Codec Architectures and circuits
• HS USB transmission line modeling and transistor-level simulations
• USB PHY sub-circuit design and simulation
• USB power management architecture and circuit design development
• ULPI HS IO buffer architecture and circuit design development
• Responsibility for one or more USB sub-systems (PHY, carkit, OTG, Power)

Skills:

· Ideally, the candidate will have a Mixed-Signal background and a minimum of 5 years of related IC Design experience in the field of USB.

· The ideal candidate will also have a keen interest in deep sub-micron process technologies, as well as an aptitude for development of mixed-signal (analog + digital) circuits.

· Knowledge of power management (low-dropout regulators, switching regulators, charge-pumps, battery chargers, overvoltage/current protection), audio codecs (ADC, DAC, signal processing), clock systems (PLL, clock slicer) would be an advantage.

· Experience with IC Design and Simulation tools such as IC Design Environment, SPICE, and mathematical modeling languages such as MatLab is essential.

· Knowledge of spice accelerator simulation tools such as Nanosim, and of Behavioral modeling languages such as VHDL, AMS would be an advantage.

· Familiarity with digital design flows (RTL,. Synthesis, Clock tree insertion, Static Timing Analysis, Gate-level simulations, etc) would be a plus.

· Experience of IC debug in the lab is essential.

· A detailed understanding of IC sub-micron fabrication MOS processes and the ability to learn and translate new technologies into real world designs is essential.

· In addition the candidate should be motivated, have good analytic and communication skills and a capacity to excel in a cross-functional, cross-cultural team environment.

Degree: Microelectronics or Software degree or equivalent

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Languages: English & French

For further information or to send in your CV please email: recrute@emblemsoft.com