Entry level Hardware Developer

About the Role

VLSI Circuit Design / Physical Design/ Integration Engineer

• Implement circuit schematics (microprocessors and ASIC) and verify against technology design rules using sophisticated design tools and flows.
• Responsible for the physical and electrical design and development of high-frequency CMOS chips in leading-edge technologies.

Analog Circuit Design Engineer

• Responsible for delivering high-speed SERDES interfaces for IBM Power and Z microprocessors in advanced 3nm technologies and beyond.
• Help transition high-speed IO architecture from NMZ to PAM4 in support of future IBM microprocessors.
• Design, simulate, and lay out circuits using industry-standard and IBM proprietary tools.
• Opportunity to work on transmitter, receiver, PLL, or other analog designs.
• Learn to develop and deliver complex analog circuits for IBM products.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the physical and electrical design of specific processor and ASIC design elements.
• Perform schematic level design using Cadence design tools.
• Perform in-depth circuit analysis using Spectre and spice simulators.
• Analyze the design for manufacturability and end-of-life requirements.
• Develop various scripts to parse data using languages like Python.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• CMOS circuit and VLSI design.
• Timing analysis.
• Computer Architectures.
• Digital System Design.
• VLSI Systems.
• Projects in RTL design using Verilog/VHDL.
• Scripting skills (Python).
• Inter-discipline design experience.
• Spectre and spice simulators.
• VHDL, Python, Perl, TCL.
• Git (preferred hands-on experience).
• NMZ, PAM4, CTLE, DFE, PLLs, RX, TX (understanding within High-Speed interface).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Preferred Education).
• Relevant Circuit Design course with applied experience in circuit design.
• Relevant Analog Circuit Design course.
• Experience with Cadence tool suite (significant advantage).
• Internships or work experience in high-frequency processor or ASIC physical design (preferred).
• Exposure to industry microprocessor designs (x86, ARM, or RISC-V) (preferred).