SOC Design Engineer

MaxLinear; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

MaxLinear in Singapore is seeking a SoC Design Engineer to join its Front-End Design team, contributing to state-of-the-art ICs and IPs for wireless connectivity.

You will design RTL in Verilog/VHDL, ensure low-power and DFT readiness, verify with test benches, and collaborate across RTL2netlist and backend teams to drive silicon validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with IC design emphasis.
• Experience in the complete cycle of DSM (65, 45, 40, 28, 16nm) SoC design, verification and tape-out with silicon validation.
• Experience in GPS, WLAN, BT, NFC, Ethernet SoC/ARM/AHB bus design is a plus.
• Expert knowledge of low-power methods using UPF/CPF and SoC connectivity tools such as Core Consultant.
• Experience through IC life cycle from conception, design, verification, tapeout and silicon validation.
• Able to work in a multi-cultural team and meet deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design digital logic with VHDL/Verilog from specifications.
• Develop RTL with IO, timing, constraints, multiple clock domains, and analog blocks.
• Design RTL with low-power from UPF/CPF inputs.
• Create RTL for IP development and SoC assembly; clock & reset structures.
• Verify with test benches and debug with FPGA prototyping.
• Support synthesis and LEC checks; resolve design issues with RTL2netlist/backend teams.

Skills

HDL design

Verilog/VHDL

Synthesis

Low power design UPF/CPF

DFT

Test bench/verification

SoC/ARM/AHB bus

FPGA prototyping

Debugging

Multi-cultural collaboration

Education

Electrical/Electronics Engineering (Bachelors/Master)

Tools

Core Consultant

Synopsys Design Compiler

FPGA prototyping

Job description

• Fresh local graduates are welcome to apply

Role

MaxLinear is seeking a SoC Design Engineer to join its SoC Front-End Design team, where they will contribute to the development of state-of-the-art ICs and IPs for the wireless connectivity SoC market. In this role, you will focus on:

• Design digital logic with high-level description language (VHDL/Verilog) from specification
• Design quality RTL that meets all design requirement of input/output requirements, constraints, multiple clock domains, functional modes, and analog blocks
• Design RTL with Low power requirement from standard power intent file input
• Design of RTL for SoC and FPGA-friendly and DFT compliant code is critical
• Design of RTL for IP development and SoC assembly
• Design of RTL for SoC Clock & Reset structures is a plus
• Verify the design through extensive test-bench simulation and ability to debug with FPGA prototyping
• Experience with Design For Test requirement is a plus
• Experience with Synthesis, and Logic Equivalent checks are added advantage
• Work with other RTL2netlist and Backend team to resolve any design issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree/Master's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with an emphasis in IC design
• Experience in the complete cycle of DSM (65, 45, 40, 28, 16nm) SoC Design, verification and tape-out experience of several million-gates-count complex SoC together with validation of silicon is essential
• Previous development experience in one or more of these areas: GPS, WLAN, BT, NFC, Ethernet, SoC/ARM/AHB bus design is a plus
• Expert knowledge of Low power input standard like UPF/CPF and SoC connectivity tools e.g. Core Consultant, etc. has a strong advantage
• Experience through IC life cycle from conception, design, verification, tapeout and silicon validation
• Able to work in a multi-cultural team with a strong drive to excel
• Able to work independently on a given assignment and work hard to finish on time
• Good written and communication skills

Company Overview

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi‑Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.