RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead exploratory studies of promising high voltage audio driver technologies.
- Perform in-depth IC layout level and system level design reviews of design to understand and communicate ESD/LU design risk.
- Run ESD/LU analysis for our mixed signal IC designs to ensure robustness and where necessary provide design guidance.
- Engagement with IC foundry and TVS diode vendors to acquire knowledge and data and models to enable ESD/LU design.
- Maintain the component qualification status for ESD/LU protection devices used in consumer products.
- Understand circuit and product reliability requirements, conduct technology reliability evaluations, and define product test modes.
- Support technology qualification, product debugging and production ramp.
- Develop a technology roadmap and strategic plans for future mixed signal products.
- Manage development project; comprehend business plan, make schedule, and coordinate activities among design, Technology, and Product and Manufacturing.
- Plan and supervise test-chips and electrical test module design for technology development, process characterization/monitoring and reliability evaluation.
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Prefer Masters or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Sciences, or other related fields.
- 9 plus years of experience in semiconductor Si technology development or design support, with at least 5 years mixed signal semiconductor technology area and 5 years in management.
- Must have gone through a minimum of one full-cycle of mixed signal product development.
- Hands-on experiences in project management and remote-site communication.
- Familiar with PC software, workstation, parametric and memory testers, and statistical data analysis.