Senior DAC Architect

Omni Design Technologies, Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 5,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Design Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior DAC Architect and Lead in a hybrid role to drive high-performance DAC development from initial specification through silicon evaluation and production release.

You will work closely with customers to capture requirements, guide transistor-level circuit design, and supervise layout and verification activities across teams in multiple locations.

Qualifications

• 10-20 years of analog/mixed-signal IC development experience.
• Familiar with high-speed DAC/ADC techniques and block circuits.
• Track record of taking designs to production.
• Ability to define products with customers and evaluate silicon on bench.

Responsibilities

• Lead DAC architect activities from specification to product introduction.
• Collaborate with customers to understand requirements and translate into design specs.
• Supervise layout, silicon evaluation, and characterization tasks.

Skills

High-speed DAC design

Mixed-signal IC development

Transistor-level circuit design

Layout parasitic awareness

Cadence Virtuoso/Spectre/HSPICE

Noise and mismatch analysis

Customer requirements gathering

Production handoff

Schematic capture experience

EMD/ESD design familiarity

Tools

Cadence tools

Schematic capture

Lab equipment familiarity

Job description

Hybrid

We are at the forefront of Wideband Signal Processing™ delivering high-performance, low-power analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), and other mixed-signal IP cores. These components are crucial for a wide array of modern applications, including artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, advanced wireless communications like:

• 5G networks and optical communications
• Automotive networking, LiDAR, and radar systems
• SatComm, Software Defined Radio (SDR) and other broadband communications

Senior DAC Architect and Lead

Engineering – IP Architecture /

Full-time /

DAC architect and development lead focusing on high-performance digital-to-analog converters. The successful candidate in this role will work with customers to understand requirements, and will lead the development of high performance transistor level design starting from initial specification, through design and layout supervision, silicon evaluation and characterization to final product introduction to market.

Qualifications

• 10-20years of experience in high-performance analog or mixed-signal IC development in advanced CMOS processes
• Thorough familiarity with high-speed, high-resolution analog-to-digital (ADC) or digital-to-analog (DAC) data converter design techniques. Experience in designing high performance building block circuits such as bandgap reference, op-amp, comparators, oscillators, DLL, PLL etc.
• Must have a track record of successfully taking designs to production
• Ability to work with customers to define products that address needs
• Must have experience with evaluating silicon on bench and familiarity with standard lab equipment
• Strong intuitive and analytical understanding of transistor-level circuit design including noise and mismatch analysis
• Experience with analog and digital behavioral modeling, and/or synthesis of digital control blocks
• Familiar with Cadence schematic capture, virtuoso, Spectre and/or HSPICE circuit simulation tools
• MATLAB understanding would be preferred but not mandatory
• Familiar with designing circuits for electromigration and ESD compliance in submicron CMOS process
• Must be familiar with layout parasitic extraction tools and layout dependent impairments in advanced CMOS processes
• Must be able to work independently, create and adhere to schedules
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to work with teams spread across geographic locations
• Should be able to seek help proactively as well as share and pass on knowledge