Engineering, Sr Architect

47611BR

USA - Massachusetts - Boxborough

Job Description and Requirements

We're looking for a senior DDR/HBM PHY architect to join the team.

Does this sound like a good role for you?

In this position, you would be part of a team that plans and executes the design for the next-generation DDR and HBM PHYs in the Synopsys IP portfolio. The job entails understanding industry trends through participation in standards bodies, evaluating ideas, drafting specifications, and enabling the design team to put your ideas into silicon. You'd leverage your understanding of computer architecture, mixed-signal design, off-chip signaling, RTL development, design-for-test, and logical verification to create leading-edge products. Supporting Synopsys' customers is also a significant part of the role. You will join a collaborative, multi-person engineering team engaged in similar activities on related DDR and HBM PHY development projects.

Job Responsibilities:

• Understands marketing and customer desires for Synopsys' DDR and HBM PHY interface performance and functionality

• Translates those desires into a set of product design features and functions

• Generates the functional description for the product, creating specifications describing the interface components, operation, structure, and behavioral parameters

• Optimizes the design for performance, power, and area

• Interacts and communicates with design teams performing logical design, logical verification, analog circuit design and verification, and layout design

• Supports customers in their implementation of the product

• Tracks industry developments through standards committees, representing Synopsys in these committees

Key Qualifications and Experience:

• Understands high-speed interface principles, such as mixed-signal design and off-chip signaling

• Skilled in generating and supporting documentation through written specifications, and communicating those specifications within a design team and to external customers

• Well-versed in RTL logic design, simulation, test planning, and verification of complex integrated circuit components

• Knowledgeable in design-for-test, timing analysis, power analysis, behavioral modeling, and synthesis constraints

• Able to work across a multi-site team to communicate ideas, understand problems, and find solutions to create a leading-edge design

• Skilled in troubleshooting and debug of mixed-signal interfaces

• Possesses a minimum of 15+ years of related experience
  
  At Synopsys, we're at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we're powering it all with the world's most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.
  
  Our Silicon IP business is all about integrating more capabilities into an SoC-faster. We offer the world's broadest portfolio of silicon IP-predesigned blocks of logic, memory, interfaces, analog, security, and embedded processors. All to help customers integrate more capabilities. Meet unique performance, power, and size requirements of their target applications. And get differentiated products to market quickly with reduced risk.
  
  Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.
  
  The base salary range across the U.S. for this role is between $174,000-$260,000. In addition, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request.
  

Job Category

Engineering

Country

United States

Job Subcategory

Engineering

Hire Type

Employee

Base Salary Range

$174,000-$260,000