Senior DAC Lead

Omni Design Technologies, Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 5,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Omni Design Technologies, Inc. is seeking a senior DAC lead to guide high-performance DAC development from initial specification through layout, evaluation, and market introduction.

You will work with customers to define product needs, supervise transistor-level design and verification, and ensure production readiness in advanced CMOS processes. The ideal candidate brings 10–15+ years in analog/mixed-signal ICs, strong modeling skills, and a track record of successful production releases, with a

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of experience in high-performance analog or mixed-signal IC development in advanced CMOS processes.
• Familiar with high-speed ADC/DAC design techniques and building blocks such as bandgap reference, op-amp, comparators, oscillators, DLL/PLL.
• Proven track record of taking designs to production.
• Ability to work with customers to define products addressing needs.
• Experience with bench evaluation and standard lab equipment.
• Strong transistor-level circuit design intuition including noise and mismatch analysis.
• Experience with analog/digital behavioral modeling and/or synthesis of digital control blocks.
• Familiar with Cadence schematic capture, Virtuoso, Spectre and/or HSPICE.
• MATLAB understanding preferred but not mandatory.
• Layout parasitic extraction tools and layout dependent impairments in advanced CMOS processes.
• Independent work style with scheduling discipline.
• Strong written and verbal communication across geographies.
• A proactive mindset to seek help and share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-performance DAC from spec to market introduction.
• Collaborate with customers to capture requirements and translate them into design goals.
• Oversee design and layout supervision, silicon evaluation, and characterization.
• Drive the product to market with rigorous validation.

Skills

Analog design

DAC/ADC design

CMOS processes

Lab evaluation

Cadence tools

HSPICE

Transistor-level design

EMI/ESD design

Team collaboration

Noise analysis

Layout parasitics

Tools

Cadence

Virtuoso

Spectre

HSPICE

MATLAB

Job description

Omni Design Technologies is a leading provider of high-performance, ultra-low power IP cores, from 28nm down through advanced FinFET nodes, which enable differentiated system-on-chip (SoC), in applications ranging from 5G, wireline and optical communications, LiDAR, radar, automotive networking, AI, image sensors, and the internet-of-things (IoT).

Our data converter (ADC and DAC) IP cores range from 6-bit to 14-bit resolution and from a few MSPS to more than 100 GSPS sampling rates. Omni Design, founded in 2015 by semiconductor industry veterans, has an excellent track record of innovation and collaboration with customers to enable their success. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California with additional design centers in Fort Collins-Colorado, Bangalore-India, Hyderabad-India, Dublin-Ireland, Boston-Massachusetts.

Hybrid

DAC Lead 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

• 10-15+ years 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