Project Lead ASIC Engineer

Overview:

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation.

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Summary:

Draper is looking for an energetic, service minded ASIC project leader, who enjoys helping others to succeed by providing team members and clients with motivation and support in a positive and professional work environment. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will challenge teammates to achieve execution goals, while maintaining strong working relationships within Draper and with our customers in support of mission goals.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities Design and simulate circuits at transistor-level to implement architecture and requirement specifications

Contribute to system-level design

Optimize hardware designs for performance, power, and cost Evaluate the hardware feasibility of complex algorithms and requirements

Independently contribute to complex chip architectures and designs

Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements

Contribute to business development and proposal activities

Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers

Perform or guide physical layout, including floor-planning, and simulate circuits using extracted parasitics.

Perform other duties as assigned

Skills/Abilities Proficiency in integrated circuit design

Understanding of integrated circuits, semiconductors, and general computer architecture

Ability to write detailed design specifications

Ability to manage small technical teams

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent mathematical skills

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to prioritize tasks

Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals

Education

Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field. Masters degree preferred.

Experience Requires 5-7 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or 3-5 years of experience with a master's degree, or 0-2 years of experience with a PhD in ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.

Additional

Job Description:

Preferred Qualifications Lead a cross functional team on the execution and development of custom ASICs that support project and mission goals

Work with wafer fabrication, assembly & test sites to guarantee schedule, cost, and quality

Provide clear direction to both internal team and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly and test sites

Drive and motivate team members critical to the flawless execution of each ASIC and project

Provide weekly and monthly updates to program management on status of projects, explaining the issues facing a project

Interact with customers in support of project status, key milestones, and deliveries. This includes samples deliveries, wafer lot progress, assembly, and testing

Drive reliability and characterization of integrated circuits to ensure they meet the requirement specifications and manufacturing requirements

Work with failure analysis (FA) to determine root cause of any reliability and qualification failures

Maintain thorough and up-to-date project schedules with all related milestones

Develop and implement Qualification plans

Communicate weekly to management on status of each project

Effectively coordinate material logistics and shipment/assembly/test prioritization

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and set realistic plans based on required tasks with available resources

Ability to effectively coordinate and lead geographically diverse development teams on projects that include design, silicon fabrications, test development, qualification and production ramp Ability to provide clear direction to both internal teams and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly sites

Knowledge of device packaging and wafer fabrication process

Knowledge of reliability requirements and characterization methodology using statistical analysis

Ability to work in a team environment and understand cross-functional team dynamics

Ability to work with customers to align project schedules with customers' key milestones

Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different…