IC Design Engineer
Broadcom
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Jose • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $141,300 - $226,000 per year
About the role
- Understanding the architecture of transmitters, receivers, equalizers, clock recovery circuits, and other digital components of high-performance SerDes supporting various communication standards
- Design, simulate, and optimize SerDes-related digital components taking into consideration factors such as data rate, jitter, and power consumption
- Analyze and resolve Lint and Clock/Reset Domain crossing issues in the design
- Collaborate with the broader engineering team to ensure robust signal integrity and power integrity in SerDes designs
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including physical design, system engineering, and validation teams, to ensure seamless integration of SerDes IP into larger systems
- Prepare and maintain comprehensive design documentation, including specifications, microarchitecture, and test plans
- Support silicon bring-up and debug efforts
Requirements
- BS +12 Years of relevant industry experience
- Advanced degree preferred
- Proven experience in SerDes design with a focus on high-speed communication interfaces
- Must have strong Logic Design, RTL coding (Verilog HDL) skills
- Familiarity of analog and mixed-signal circuit design principles
- Thorough understanding of the impact of process technologies on SerDes design
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex mixed-signal IP blocks
- Familiarity with system-level considerations in high-speed communication interfaces
- Must understand low power design and validation techniques including UPF
- Must be familiar with design constraint generation, logic synthesis, timing closure analysis and Clock/Reset domain crossing checks
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- 401(K) participation including company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company paid holidays
- Paid sick leave and vacation time
- Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SerDes designLogic DesignRTL codingVerilog HDLanalog circuit designmixed-signal circuit designlow power designdesign constraint generationlogic synthesistiming closure analysis
Soft Skills
problem-solvingtroubleshootingcollaboration