Tech Lead ,VLSI Design

About the job

About InnoPhase, Inc.

INNOPHASE is a rapidly growing pre-IPO communications semiconductor company with headquarters in San Diego, CA, and advanced design centers in Irvine, CA, San Jose, CA, and Bangalore, India. We are pioneering a revolutionary 5G platform that will transform cellular network deployments. Utilizing our breakthrough, patented, wireless technology we are bringing to market a portfolio of SoCs and solutions with a unique value proposition for 5G applications. To learn more about InnoPhase, visit www.innophaseinc.com.

InnoPhase and Synergic Emergence have a co-employment relationship. For over three years, InnoPhase has partnered with Synergic Emergence, a professional employment organization provider, to offer our employees the best benefits and services. This arrangement means that Synergic Emergence provides employee pay checks and benefits, and InnoPhase will provide employment, evaluation, and advancement. By outsourcing some HR functions, InnoPhase can focus on what we do best – developing and implementing highly innovative SOC cellular radio integrated circuit products.

Job Description

As Tech Lead ,VLSI Design, you will be the key contributor of ORAN SoC product development in the design team and collaborate with FW & design team for product requirement definition, micro architecture study. You will participate in the implementation & verification of novel ORAN SoC functional blocks for high-performance applications such as LTE and sub-6 GHz 5G cellular base stations. Beyond the technical contribution, you will also interface with functional leads in project coordination for schedule tracking on deliverables and dependencies. You also will provide technical advice to young engineers to ensure the quality of work. This role is an excellent opportunity for engineers with 10+ years of industrial experience to grow their technical career as well as leadership to climb up corporate ladders and join the exciting cellular product market space.

This position will be based in Bangalore, India.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in SoC specifications reviews and contribute to micro-architecture definitions
• Front end digital design and implementation – RTL coding, CDC, Lint, and synthesis
• Develop design constraints and coordinate to debug both functional and DFT test issues
• Supervise/mentor young engineers for task assignment and ensure productivity and quality
• Project coordination and status update
• Help to improve SoC design methodologies and verification quality
• Support IP/Design Verification/Firmware/Software System/Production teams to provide the necessary support for timely closure of assigned blocks design and implementation issues
  
  

Job Requirements

• Master’s and/or Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent) in EC/ EE/ CS with 10 or more years of experience in digital SoC development.
• Experiences in RTL design using Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL for CPU/control sub-systems(AXI/AHB/APB bus), digital signal processing blocks(FIR filter, FFT/IFFT, NCO)
• Experience of front-end tools (Verilog simulators, linters, clock-domain-crossing checkers)
• Experience in gate level simulation and LEC checking
• Good understanding on back-end design flow on logic synthesis, constraints, timing analysis, DFT
• Proven knowledge of SystemVerilog assertions, checkers, and other design verification techniques
• Knowledge of languages such as C/C++, Perl, Tcl and Python
• Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Team player with ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues effectively
  
  

Desirable Skills

• RTL coding & simulation in Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL
• Design simulation & checking with Cadence front end tools: Xcelium, SimVision, Jasper RTL Apps
• Python, Perl scripting for verification automation and report generation
• MS Office tools: Excel, power point, Word doc, Visio
• Able to work effectively with incomplete or changing requirements