Senior Staff Engineer II - Custom Layout Serdes

Job Description

The Opportunity Were looking for the Wavemakers of tomorrow. Custom Layout / High-Speed Analog Layout Engineer Alphawave IP builds industry-leading wired connectivity solutions that enable data to travel faster, more reliably, and with higher performance at lower power. Our technology is embedded in leading-edge semiconductors built to power global network and computer systems. It is an essential part of the core infrastructure enabling next generation services in data centers, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, data networking, autonomous vehicles, and solid-state storage. The Opportunity The Alphawave IP team combines technologists from different disciplines who come together with a shared passion for electronics, software, and communication technology. We look for individuals with a deep desire to build great products and we value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. The Alphawave Custom Layout team is composed of a group of highly technical, innovative, and passionate engineers, collaborating to develop the analog layouts and architectures for our world class high-speed SerDes IP s. What You ll Do Custom analog layout design for industry leading high speed Serdes architectures Working in leading edge semiconductor nodes and cad tools including latest 3nm node Detailed collaboration in optimizing layouts with analog design team Floor-planning Perform physical verification (DRC,ANT,LVS,ERC, ) Development and maintenance of layout software automation capabilities Work with a team of world-class engineers who are willing to help when needed and are happy to receive help when offered What You ll Need Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering, EngSci, or equivalent Familiarity with high-speed analog layout, electronics and CMOS transistors Bonus points if you have worked in recent FinFet technologies (7nm, 5nm, etc) Minimum of 2 years of custom layout experience The position is located in Vancouver 5+ years of experience is preferred About You Excellent communication skills Able to listen to and appreciate ideas and opinions that differ from yours Extremely detail oriented Superb analytical and problem-solving skills Drives for consistency Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs Self-motivated and self-managing