Senior Staff Engineer, Layout Design

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What You’ll Do

Samsung Semiconductor Inc. (SSI) is advancing the world’s technology. As a leader in Memory, System, LSI and LCD technologies, our US teams contribute to breakthroughs in 5G, SOC, memory and display. With our global perspective and diversity of thought, we proudly serve our customers around the world. We are looking for team members who share our commitment to learning and growth and excel when collaborating within and across teams.

Samsung Semiconductor Inc is looking for a talent that has strong background and hands-on experience on RF/Analog circuit layout design. The candidate will be developing next-generation RF transceivers and mixed-signal circuits for wireless communication systems along with circuit designers.

Location: Hybrid, working onsite at our San Jose Main Campus 3 days per week on, with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of your time 

Reports to: Senior Principal Engineer

• Work with design engineers to come up with optimal floorplan in terms of areas and performance.
• Be able to lead few layout engineers, help them plan, and execute on layout tasks to accomplish complicated layout blocks.
• Finish layout tasks with good quality.
• Have good communication skills to collaborate with other design and layout engineers.
• Track schedule and status regularly to make sure the layout will be finished on time.

What You Bring

• Bachelors with 15+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters with 13+ years or PhD with 10+ years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field preferred.
• Experience in RF/analog/mixed-signal layout design of deep submicron CMOS circuits and recent experience on advance nodes including FinFET technologies
• High level of proficiency in interpretation of CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS, reports
• Familiar with analog/RF related circuit layout, including LNA/PA/PLLs and so on.
• Experience with CADENCE or MENTOR GRAPHICS layout tools
• Good communication skills with design leads as well as engineers for schedule planning
• Experience of leading a complicated layout project, and tapeout successfully.
• Programming knowledge in SKILL, Perl, and/or Python is a bonus
• You’re inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
• You’re collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

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