Chief Architect & Analog Design Lead | High-Performance Audio (Sigma-Delta)

Texas Instruments; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments in Bengaluru, India seeks a senior leader to own Analog IC design programs from concept to volume production. You will lead a team through architecture, design, verification and data sheets, interfacing with digital design, layout, firmware and marketing to deliver highly integrated mixed-signal devices.

We value deep expertise in high-performance Sigma-Delta ADC/DAC/PLL/Op-amp design, strong leadership, and the ability to mentor talent while driving on-time project delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of analog design experience.
• Chip lead or analog design lead with >4 years in mixed-signal ICs.
• Experience leading full-chip projects.
• Strong understanding of signal processing and low-noise/low-distortion designs.
• Proven ability to nurture talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead/manage an Analog IC design team from definition to release to manufacturing.
• Direct activities designing and evaluating mixed-signal ICs for various applications.
• Assign work, make architectural decisions, develop schedules, monitor progress.
• Evaluate results during design and silicon evaluation to meet objectives.
• Collaborate with layout, verification, systems, and marketing teams for product briefs and datasheets.
• Transfer to production with validation and test teams.
• Interact with customers and TI field teams to understand designs and provide support.
• Participate in hiring and developing personnel.
• Drive silicon debugging and support customer issues.

Skills

Analog IC design

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Signal processing concepts

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

About The Job

You will be part of the team with charter to develop new Audio converters catering to PE, Automotive and Industrial market segment. Team has complete charter of end to end development of Audio ADCs, DACs, Codecs including devices with Class D integration. These devices are highly integrated mixed signal devices with on chip digital signal processing capabilities

As part of this role you will get opportunity to interface with various engineering teams within the product line including digital design, layout, firmware, verification, validation, test, systems, applications and marketing to successfully execute new products from concept to volume production and subsequent support

You will be a core member in a design team driving flawless execution, while finding innovative design architecture and solutions to customers' problems through 'out of the box thinking' to deliver highly differentiated products

In this role, responsibilities may include:

• Lead/Manage an Analog IC design team with product ownership and responsibility from definition to release to manufacturing
• Direct, guide and participate in activities of a research or technical design function responsible for designing, developing, modifying and evaluating electronic parts, components, integrated circuits for a variety of applications
• Make assignments for team members, make architectural decisions/process selection etc, providing design guidance as needed, developing schedules and monitoring progress throughout the project
• Evaluate intermediate and final results of projects during the design phase and during silicon evaluation, to ensure accomplishment of technical objectives
• Work with and provide guidance to layout engineers and monitors the progress of IC layout
• Collaborate with Design Verification teams during the pre-PG phase of a project to ensure completion of all technical tasks before PG
• Work with systems engineers, application engineers and marketing to prepare product briefs, datasheets, application notes and assisting in the definition of the product to meet customer needs as well as contributing to roadmap formulation and new concept creation
• Collaborate with validation, product engineering and test engineering teams to enable successful transfer to production
• Interface and lead discussions with the customer and/or TI field sales/field applications teams to understand customer designs, problems and support as required
• Actively participate in hiring, developing and evaluating personnel to ensure efficient operation of the organization and growth of the individuals into leader
• Participate and drive silicon debug, provide design support for customer issues/returns

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 10+ Years of Analog Design experience
• Chip Lead, Analog Design lead or equivalent experience in Mixed Signal IC > 4 Years of hands on experience in High performance Sigma Delta ADC / DAC / PLL / Op-amp
• Experience of leading full project (Chip lead) Or Analog design lead
• Strong understanding of signal processing, Analog design principles, including low-noise, low-distortion, and high-efficiency circuits
• Proven record of nurturing talent

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions (Digital, Test & Val, Firmware, Layout etc)
• Ability to communicate project status, challenges, and solutions to senior management and stakeholders
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery .