IC Design Engineer, Analog

Our elite PDX IC Design group is looking for a Staff IC Design Engineer to contribute to the innovation, design, and development of ultra‑low‑power analog and mixed‑signal integrated circuits used in life‑critical implantable medical devices.

The Staff IC Design Engineer provides advanced technical expertise and individual contributions across the innovation, design, and development of low‑power, mixed‑signal and analog integrated circuits used in life‑critical implantable medical device products and technologies. This role supports product development from concept and requirements definition through release and maintenance, partnering with cross‑functional teams in research, marketing, design, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, quality, and testing.

Success is measured by delivering robust, reliable, production‑quality integrated circuit designs that address clinical and business needs while meeting quality, reliability, and design‑control expectations.

• Design and develop high‑performance, high‑reliability, ultra‑low‑power analog and mixed‑signal integrated circuits for implantable medical products.
• Contribute to all aspects of IC design, including functional concepts and specifications, top‑level architecture, design partitioning, block‑level design, detailed circuit design and simulation, layout floor‑planning, transistor‑level layout review, bench verification and testing, test‑vector development, and documentation.
• Design robust, ultra‑low‑power and low‑voltage analog/mixed‑signal IC functional blocks, including voltage and current references, operational amplifiers, comparators, switched‑capacitor circuits, ADCs and DACs, oscillators, switching power circuits, and communication circuits.
• Design ultra‑low‑power digital functional blocks for timing, control, interfacing, and signal processing, including combinatorial, sequential, synchronous, asynchronous, and state‑machine designs.
• Create behavioral models and system‑level verification models; perform pre‑silicon verification and post‑silicon validation; and partner with the IC Test group to define production vectors.
• Apply clinical, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, and test requirements to design decisions and documentation in accordance with applicable design‑control processes.
• Provide technical guidance to project teams and less‑experienced engineers within assigned areas of expertise, escalating complex technical issues as appropriate.
• Other duties may be assigned at the discretion of the manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline with significant relevant experience; advanced degree such as an MS or PhD preferred.
• Self‑motivated independent thinker able to apply technical research, engineering judgment, and prior design experience to design proposals, with strong verbal communication and technical documentation skills.
• 6+ years of experience in analog/mixed‑signal IC design for low‑power portable medical, or implantable applications, with a strong grasp of tradeoffs involved in using analog and digital circuit design techniques to implement system functions.
• Strong understanding of CMOS processes, device characteristics and models, transistor‑level circuit analysis, design concepts and tradeoffs, bandwidth, noise, power, feedback analysis, stability, worst‑case process corners, margin and Monte Carlo analysis, and design‑for‑test.
• Solid understanding of circuit building blocks and layout techniques for ultra‑low‑power design, including op‑amps, comparators, voltage and current references, DACs, and ADCs, with ability to deliver robust production‑quality silicon designs.
• Working knowledge of Cadence mixed‑signal design tools, including…