What will be accountable for?
Responsibilities would include but are also not limited to
. contribute in all parts of Product Memory development flow, starting at design spec
. Understand Memory design and development, analyze memory marginality in advance technology(28nm and below)
. Understand and perform circuit design, memory characterization, and related verifications needed for the memories to work seamlessly in CPUs and SOCs
. Experiment with and evaluate new memory architectures and methodologies
. Work with other key designers to continually define, improve and develop memory infrastructure and methods
. Ensure high quality and high performance memory designs with the lowest possible power as needed for ARM CPUs, GPUs, and SOCs
. Lead small teams of circuit and layout designers throughout the entire memory development process
. Provide mentoring and leadership to other designers on the team
. Define and drive improvements in the memory development infrastructure and flows
. Work with project management to define schedule and highlight risks and issues. Interact with customers as needed throughout the course of the memory development
 
Job Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience
. A minimum of 8 years of relevant circuit design experience(for BSEE)
. A minimum of 6 years of relevant circuit design experience(for MSEE)
. Memory circuit design experience
. Circuit/Layout experience with deep submicron technologies(28nm or smaller)
. Fundamental understanding of technology tradeoffs in deep sub-micron design
. Fundamental understanding of Design for Manufacturability(DFM) layout techniques
. Experience in low power circuit techniques
. Experience leading small teams to develop high performance, low power memories
. Experience mentoring other engineers
. Experience defining and driving key methodologies for high performance, low power memory development
 
Desirable Skills & Experience
. Experience with simulator tools, Spectre, HSPICE, MMSIM, Finesim, etc.
. Be familiar with layout automation tools as well as physical verification tools like Calibre and Hercules
. Be familiar with the other EDA tools such as Design Compiler, IC Compiler, PrimeTime, SoC Encounter, Pacific, Nanosim, Pathmill, etc.
. Programming or scripting experience