Senior Principal Design Engineer - Power
Sunnyvale, CA
Fulltime Direct Hire
Description
We are seeking a Sr. Principle Design Engineer to join our team in Sunnyvale design centre. In this role, you will be responsible for design and release to market of High Performance Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), Controller ICs, Monolithic High Voltage ICs for a variety of target applications for Tier 1 customers in the Industrial, Infrastructure and Automotive markets.
Tasks include; top level simulation and verification, leading projects into production, support test development and ramp up to production, manage layout, support DFT strategy
Required Skills:
Strong understanding of linear and switching regulator topologies such as LDOs, Buck, Boost and Inverting
Strong understanding of control architectures such as Peak Current Mode, Valley Current Mode, Voltage Mode, Hysteretic, etc.
Strong foundation of key analog building blocks such as bandgap circuit, error amplifiers, comparators, current mirrors etc. and the various error sources that affect them.
Full understanding of application level conditions and building test benches to cover those conditions
A strong understanding of CMOS and BCD Technologies and basic device physics
Direct experience in the design and mass production release of high performance power management ICs
Experience with I2C, PMBUS interfaces
Cadence IC6 for design, layout and Layout Parasitic Extraction (LPE) simulations
Knowledge of Simplis and Simmetrix is a plus
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
BSEE with 8+ years of relevant IC design experience
Design experience in CMOS / BiCMOS is required
Strong analog design skills in the power management area
Integrated Power FET and / or Gate Driver design experience is a plus. High Voltage design experience is a plus
Thanks and Regards,
Imran (Emu) Shikalgar
APN Software Services, Inc
39899 Balentine Drive, Suite 385, Newark, CA 94560
Phone: 510-402-4704 Fax 510-623-5055
Imran@apninc.com (Google Hangouts)
linkedin.com/in/imranshikalgar
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