IC Design Engineer

Teledyne LeCroy; Village of Chestnut Ridge (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne LeCroy is seeking an IC Design Engineer to create custom BiCMOS ICs for high-performance oscilloscopes and probes. You will design, verify, and optimize wideband circuits from DC to mm-wave frequencies, focusing on stability, noise, distortion, and timing.

The role requires a strong foundation in RF design, extensive Cadence experience, and scripting aptitude. Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential to deliver reliable, manufacturable silicon.

Qualifications

• 2–10 years of BiCMOS IC design experience including tapeouts
• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering required
• Strong understanding of circuit fundamentals: matching, noise, distortion, timing and sampling
• Experience with RF design topics like S-parameters and matching networks
• Proficiency with Cadence tool flow and scripting in Python or similar

Responsibilities

• Lead chip-level and cell-level detailed IC design from concept through tape-out
• Oversee layout to ensure performance targets are met and manufacturability is maintained

Skills

Python scripting

Collaboration

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

BS, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Cadence AMS

Cadence SpectreRF

Cadence Explorer

Cadence Assembler

Cadence Quantus

Cadence EMX

Physical Verification System

HFSS (Ansys)

Job description

Teledyne LeCroy’s products need to be the fastest, cleanest and most flexible to handle the challenges of characterizing the advanced electronics being developed across the world. Teledyne LeCroy’s custom integrated circuits sit at the heart of our instruments. To make the best instruments, we need chips that perform at the edge of what is theoretically possible. To make these chips we hire the most talented and creative IC designers in the industry. If that is you, keep reading.

The Design Work

The IC Designer will design custom integrated circuits primarily using Silicon Germanium BiCMOS technologies. These custom circuits will be used in Teledyne LeCroy’s oscilloscopes and probes. We pride ourselves in achieving the highest level of technical performance out of each of our designs. The IC designer will be expected to leverage a strong technical foundation and creative problem-solving skills to find new ways to tackle engaging technical problems.

The designs will encompass all aspects of oscilloscope acquisitions systems from amplification and signal conditioning to sampling, clocking and triggering. Some examples of design characteristics are as follows:

• Wideband operation from DC up to mm-wave frequencies
• Optimization of frequency responses, return losses, noise, distortion, jitter and many other signal quality characteristics
• Stability analysis
• Temperature stability
• Balancing power vs performance
• ESD protection
• Design for manufacturability and reliability

The Tools

The IC Design Engineer will primarily use Cadence tools (Virtuoso, AMS, SpectreRF, Explorer, Assembler, Quantus, EMX, Physical Verification System) to complete the design tasks. Ansys HFSS may also be used. Skill and Python scripting are used heavily to improve efficiency and expose new capabilities during the design process.

Responsibilities

The IC Designer will primarily work on chip or cell level detailed design. They will take designs from concept through tape out. Layout support will be available, but IC Designer is responsible for overseeing the layout such that their design meets all performance targets.

Qualifications

• 2-10 years of BiCMOS IC design experience with some or multiple tape outs, meaningful personal responsibility, and successful results. Recent PhD recipients with strong design and tape out experience are eligible to apply.
• BS, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering
• Thorough understanding of fundamental circuit design concepts such as passive network analysis, bipolar devices, CMOS devices, time and frequency domain analysis, feedback, stability, transmission lines, matching, noise, distortion, compression, temperature sensitivity and sampling theory
• Thorough understanding of real-world circuit design considerations such as bipolar and CMOS device structure and limitations, thermal sensitivity, parasitics, electromigration, breakdown, ESD susceptibility and reliability
• Understanding of RF design topics such as S-Parameters and matching networks
• Proficiency with the tools we use or comparable tools (Virtuoso, AMS, SpectreRF, Explorer, Assembler, Quantus, EMX, Physical Verification System, Skill, Python, HFSS)
• Experience designing wideband circuits from DC to mm-wave frequencies
• Enthusiasm for sharing knowledge and learning new concepts
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills