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Staff (Lead) Digital Design Engineer

About the ATE Group:

The Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) organization within Instrumentation delivers high‑performance solutions that enable production testing of advanced electrical and electronic systems—from high‑speed microprocessors to high‑voltage EV battery modules. We partner closely with customers to define cutting‑edge stimulus and measurement architectures, driving improvements in accuracy, energy efficiency, test time, and channel density to provide differentiated ATE capability.

About the Role:
As a Lead (Staff) Designer, Digital, you hold a senior technical position working on our most complex digital challenges. You will develop innovative solutions requiring in-depth analysis and expertise, while serving as a key technical resource and leader for the organization. Your influence extends across organizational boundaries, impacting significant business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design digital blocks and complex subsystems.  Develop solutions to complex problems requiring specialized expertise and in-depth analysis
• Write detailed block and subsystem-level specifications for design and implementation.
• Use Verilog and SystemVerilog to design digital blocks, subsystems, and top level designs.
• Develop block level testbenches, verify block functionality, and collaborate with verification teams to achieve full chip verification and coverage closure.
• Perform block and top level linting, CDC analysis, and power analysis.  Assist with synthesis, constraints, pnr and timing closure.
• Communicate closely with mixed-signal designers and verification engineers to support mixed signal simulations and real number modeling across the analog/digital boundary.
• Prepare technical documentation and lead architecture, design, and peer reviews.
• Support silicon bring up, characterization, and debug activities.
• Collaborate across analog, digital, verification, test, and product definition teams to define requirements, support production test development, and ensure successful product execution.
• Acts as a primary technical resource for less experienced engineers
• Leads teams and complex projects with substantial business impact
• Performs advanced process evaluations and optimizations

Must Have Skills

• Technical Leadership: Advanced technical expertise with recognized influence in the organization
• Expert-Level Design Skills: Expert-level proficiency in digital IC, architecture design, and process evaluation
• Collaboration: Capability to work with global teams and support creative and collaborative environments
• Process Innovation: Capability to develop and implement innovative methodologies that advance organizational capabilities

Preferred Education and Experience

• MSEE or Equivalent: Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 7+ years of relevant experience or PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing and verifying complex digital systems using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and plan designs at the system level, translating high-level product concepts into robust design implementations.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, with team working experience and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Understanding various communication theories, including high-speed SerDes transceiver architectures.
• Solid understanding of digital and analog design trade-offs, with experience in timing analysis, power estimation, physical design, and DFT concepts.
• Hands-on experience with silicon bring-up and debug.
• Experience with behavioral modeling, including verification of mixed-signal systems with behavioral modeling.
• Proficiency in Matlab and design of DSP blocks, including digital filters and signal-processing algorithms.
• Experience leading teams and/or projects.

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