Digital Design Engineer - Sr Staff

Founded in 2003, InvenSense Inc., a TDK Group Company, is the world’s leading provider of MEMS sensor platforms. InvenSense’s vision of Sensing Everything™ targets the consumer electronics and industrial markets with integrated Motion and Sound solutions. Our solutions combine MEMS (micro electrical mechanical systems) sensors, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, compasses, and microphones with proprietary algorithms and firmware that intelligently process, synthesize, and calibrate the output of sensors, maximizing performance and accuracy.  InvenSense’s motion tracking, audio and location platforms, and services can be found in many of the world’s largest and most iconic brands including smartphones, tablets, wearables, drones, gaming devices, internet of things, automotive products, and remote controls for smart TVs.

InvenSense is headquartered in San Jose, CA and has offices in Boston, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, France, Canada, Slovakia, and Italy. We’re looking for top-notch Engineers to join our global team. If you’re interested in being a part of our journey and helping us grow to become the leading provider of SoC platform solutions, we definitely want to hear from you.

This job opening applies for a position within the TDK InvenSense MEMS Microphones Business Unit. To operate effectively in the microphone product development field some audio specific competences are nice to have, such as audio signal processing techniques, speech recognition techniques, understanding and using audio interface protocols,  knowledge of audio specific lab instrumentations such as the Audio Precision.

Job Description

1. Design, verify through simulation and validate in silicon/FPGA digital IPs for leading edge sensor products
2. Interface with Analog/MEMS design engineers both to define an optimize sensor architectures and to interface to analog sensors circuits
3. Contribute in verification plan definition, both at IP level and at top/system level
4. Drive the implementation flow from RTL to layout 
5. Guide and support layout engineers for top level physical design

Qualification

1. MSEE with 10+ years (or PhD with 8+ years) of ASIC design experience
2. Thorough understanding of digital systems and micro-architecture trade-offs
3. Experience in design of digital macros in Mixed signal ASICs
4. Experience with logic synthesis, formal verification, Design For Testability, static timing analysis, power analysis, ATPG, Lint checks, cross domain checks, RTL and gate level simulations
5. Knowledge of techniques for:
       . Low power digital design
       . Digital signal processing blocks design
6. Experience with lab bench debugging and validation and silicon bring up
7. Knowledge of tools (Matlab/Simulink) for system modelization
8. (nice to have) Experience with FPGA prototyping flow and methodology
9. Effective interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills. 
10. Diligent, detail-oriented, and willing to take the initiatives for process and flow improvements
11. Proven teamwork skills
12. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
13. Excellent oral and written communication skills
14. Conversant with some programmable languages such as Verilog, SystemVerilog, Perl/Python/Tcl scripts, Makefile and C++