Staff Engineer, Analog Mixed Signal Serdes/RF Design

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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.

SSI is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley and is a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

What You’ll Do

The team goal is to create advanced solutions for high speed IO and RF that fits into Samsung vision of memory, display, SOC, wireless, and wireline communication. You will have the opportunities to work in a fast-paced, technically challenging, and collaborative environment. You will innovate and bring new designs into production. 

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

Reports to: Senior Principal Engineer 

• Design/optimize the circuits to meet specification.
• Floor planning and layout supervision.
• Participate in silicon bring-up, validation and debug.
• Contribute in architecture and specs.

What You Bring

• Bachelors with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters with 8+ years or PhD with 5+ years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field preferred.
• Experience designing analog circuits/mixed signal circuits such as bandgap, opam, LDO, filters
• Knowledge and experience with circuits of Serdes IPS: CTLE, DFE, FFE, clock distribution, PI
• Knowledge of Serdes architecture and high speed interconnect standard (USB, PCIe, UCIe)
• Knowledge and experience with ESD, PLL, clock generation, ADC, DAC is a big plus.
• Well versed in EDA tools (Cadence, Spectre, Totem, EMX,)
• Comfortable with Python, MATLAB 
• 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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