Vivid Technology · 2 weeks ago
Senior Digital IC Design Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expVivid Technology is a high-growth start-up revolutionizing automotive perception technology with next-generation sensors. They are seeking a Senior Digital IC Design Engineer to define and architect digital subsystems within RFICs, ensuring design meets automotive quality standards and collaborating with various engineering teams.
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Hiring Manager
Ben Hall
Responsibilities
Define and architect digital subsystems within RFICs
Partition functionality between analog, mixed-signal, and digital domains to optimize performance, area, and power
Develop subsystem-level digital specifications in collaboration with RF, analog, and systems teams
Own register/memory maps, digital interfaces, and configuration settings, diagnostic / test profiles
Own the digital design and ensure design meets PVT, reliability, and automotive quality standards (FuSa, AEC-Q100, ISO 26262)
Support synthesis, STA, clock-domain crossing, low-power design, and DFT with physical design teams
Ensure robustness across PVT, ESD, reliability, and automotive qualification corners (if applicable)
Review ECOs, timing fixes, and power optimization strategies
Lead activities for the design and implement high-performance, low-power analog and mixed-signal blocks e.g. bandgap references, temperature sensors, diagnostic ADCs, programmable gain amplifiers, power detectors, bias circuits
Derive block-level specifications from system requirements and contribute to architecture discussions
Own schematic design, pre-/post-layout simulation, and verification using industry-standard EDA tools
Collaborate with layout engineers to ensure robust and efficient physical design
Support silicon bring-up, validation, and debug in the lab
Partner with RF, digital, and systems engineers to enable seamless integration of mixed-signal IP into the overall sensor SoC
Qualification
Required
10+ years hands-on experience in digital design with the understanding of analog and mixed-signal IC design, ideally in CMOS technologies at 28nm TSMC
Expertise in the following: SPI/I2C or other high speed digital interfaces, bandgap design, temperature sensors, biasing circuits, IFM, PGA, power detection, or diagnostic ADCs
Strong experience with RTL design in Verilog/SystemVerilog
Proficiency with digital simulation and debug tools (Questa, VCS, Xcelium, etc.)
Familiarity with synthesis, STA, and power-aware design flows
Solid background in low-power design methodologies and tradeoffs
Proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and AMS simulation tools
Experience with lab validation, silicon debug, and characterization
MS or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Preferred
prior exposure to sensor products, or radar-based systems
Company
Vivid Technology
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