Principal Analog Design Engineer

Position: Principal Analog Design Engineer-19318
We Are  Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.
You Are  You have spent years designing circuits that operate at the edge of what physics allows, and you know that the difference between a PHY that meets spec and one that ships is usually traced back to a layout decision, a bias choice, or a parasitic you anticipated six months earlier. You are the kind of engineer who reads JEDEC standards not to check a box but to find the constraints that matter, then architects around them.
You are comfortable moving between SPICE simulations, layout reviews, and whiteboard sessions with digital designers without losing sight of what you are building. When someone says "we need better power efficiency," you do not nod and move on. You ask which corner, which mode, and what we are willing to trade. You have designed enough VCOs, PLLs, samplers, or drivers to know what breaks under process variation, and you catch it before tape-out.
Other locations can be considered for this opportunity but must reside in Canada.
What You'll Be Doing   Review JEDEC standards to define analog and mixed-signal sub-block specs for DDR/LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, and mobile storage PHY IP
Design transistor-level circuits including equalizers, samplers, drivers, serialize rs, VCOs, PLLs, DLLs, bandgap references, ADCs, and DACs
Develop verification strategies using SPICE simulators and Verilog-A models to ensure coverage across PVT corners
Collaborate with layout engineers to minimize parasitics, manage device stress, and implement ESD protection
Present simulation data and design tradeoffs to internal teams and customers
Document circuit designs, test plans, and reliability considerations for tape out
Consult on electrical characterization and silicon bring-up to validate your circuits in the final product
The Impact You Will Have   Enable next-generation memory and interconnect solutions that define performance benchmarks for DDR, LPDDR, and HBM standards
Deliver power-efficient, high-speed analog circuits in advanced FinFET nodes
Reduce tape out risk through rigorous simulation and early identification of layout issues
Influence circuit architecture decisions that shape Synopsys Solution IP product roadmaps
Contribute to IP products that accelerate customer time to market for AI, mobile, automotive, and data center applications
What You'll Need   PhD with 6+ years or Master's with 8+ years of analog and mixed-signal IC design experience
Deep expertise in transistor-level CMOS design with strong fundamentals in device physics and matching
Proven experience designing circuits in FinFET process technologies
Detailed design experience with high-speed sub-circuits: equalizers, samplers, drivers, serialize rs, VCOs, PLLs, DLLs, bandgaps, ADCs, or DACs
Working knowledge of ESD protection techniques and layout strategies
Proficiency with schematic entry, SPICE simulation (Spectre, HSPICE), and design verification tools
Strong understanding of design-for-reliability including electromigration, IR drop, aging, and layout-dependent effects

Who You Are   You can look at a circuit topology and immediately identify the second-order effects that will matter at corner cases
You communicate tradeoffs clearly, whether explaining a bias decision to a layout engineer or presenting jitter analysis to customers
You push back when a specification does not make physical sense, and you do it in a way that moves the team forward
You are comfortable scripting in Python, Perl, TCL, MATLAB, or C to automate simulation flows and build custom analysis tools
You document your work clearly enough that someone else can pick up your design six months later and understand why you made each decision
The Team You'll Be Part Of  You will join the Solution IP R&D team, a collaborative group of analog and digital designers developing high-speed PHY IP for DDR/LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, and mobile storage applications. The team works in a best-in-class design environment with a full suite of IC design tools, custom in-house automation, and support from an experienced CAD and software team.
Rewards and Benefits  We offer a comprehensive range of health,…