Senior Staff Engineer - AMS Design

Cyient Semiconductors; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyient Semiconductors in Leuven, Belgium, is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer for AMS Design to lead analog and mixed-signal design activities in PMIC-related circuits. The role involves hands-on design, high-speed analog concepts, layout collaboration, and EMI/EMC compliance within a cross-functional team.

Candidate should have extensive experience with analog design, high-voltage BCD topics, and tools like Virtuoso and ADE Maestro, plus strong problem-solving and teamwork abilities to drive

Qualifications

• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Able to solve problems and implement solutions autonomously.
• Able to work in a team and collaborate across disciplines.
• Fluent in Virtuoso schematic editor and ADE Maestro.
• Capable of high-level system definition and deriving block-level specifications.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to successful realization of a project in a design team.
• Autonomously design a topology to meet specifications within the timeframe.
• Support other design engineers in handling complex issues.
• Achieve layout realization in close collaboration with the layout team.
• Share design experiences with co-developers and other designers.
• Provide technical leadership during the definition and design phases.
• Lead teams, set priorities, timelines, and milestones.
• Perform high-level system verifications and assist in debugging.

Skills

English fluency

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Analog design

High-voltage BCD knowledge

Tools

Virtuoso

ADE Maestro

Job description

Senior Staff Engineer - AMS Design | Leuven, Belgium

Responsibilities:

• Analog design expert responsible for overseeing, managing and hands-on design of the analog circuitry


• Extensive industrial experience in the analog and mixed-signal design


• Solid knowledge of Analog circuit design in the PMIC domain: design of voltage/current references, amplifiers, comparators, filters, temperature and voltage sensors, oscillators, voltage clamps.


• Solid knowledge of high speed analog design: PLL, DLL


• High voltage BCD expertise


• Select components considering voltage, current, speed, and thermal factors.


• Mitigate noise and EMI in analog circuits.


• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, such as EMI/EMC and safety.

Mandatory competencies:

• Language: Fluency in English, both written and spoken.


• Problem-solving skills: Able to solve problems and implement solutions autonomously.


• Social skills: Able to work in a team.


• Tool skills: fluent in the use of Virtuoso schematic editor, ADE Maestro (Assembler & Explorer)


• Able to do high-level system definition and derive block-level specification, based on the optimal performance trade-offs.


• Able to quickly take ownership of already designed circuits (potentially in a different technology) and redesign them in an independent fashion, even if those topologies are out of the comfort zone. Able to apply general analog design concepts to any circuit port.


• Able to design various analog circuits from scratch based on a given set of specifications.


• Able to support the verification team in debugging measurement and/or yield issues.


• You have the drive to share your knowledge and look across teams to improve overall quality and execution.


• Able to set layout constraints and verify layouts are meeting the desired quality.


• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to the successful realization of a project in a design team.


• Autonomously design a given topology to meet the given specifications in the foreseen timeframe.


• Support other design engineers in handling complex design issues.


• Achieve the successful realization of the layout in close collaboration with the layout team.


• Share design experiences with co-developers and/or other designers.


• Support the project leader in the definition phase and during the design phase as a technical lead.


• Lead teams, set priorities, timelines, and meet milestones.


• Perform high-level system verifications and support the Verification engineer in debugging.


• Collaborate across teams for seamless integration of analog and digital components

Quality:

• Commit to complying with the requriements of the internal Quality Management System


• Contribute to improving the effectiveness of the QMS.