Senior CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) Pixel Design Engineer jobs in United States
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Himax Imaging · 1 day ago

Senior CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) Pixel Design Engineer

positionIrvine, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$120K/yr - $180K/yr
date7+ years exp

Himax Technologies is seeking an experienced Pixel Design Engineer to join their Advanced R&D team in Irvine, California. The role involves participating in new pixel designs and improving existing pixels, focusing on pixel layouts and collaborating with other design teams.

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Jade Chang
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Responsibilities

This role will participate in new pixel designs and improvements of existing pixels by working closely with other design teams
This position is responsible primarily for pixel layouts including front-end, back-end and optical structure
Skillful and creative on optimizing pixel layout based on:
Process flow information
Layout design rules
Pixel timing constraints and noise analysis
Signal interferences analysis inferred by Capacitance extractions
Pixel array composition, including:
Implementing the floorplan of a pixel array
DRC and LVS verifications on whole pixel array
The layouts of dark pixel reference and other special pixels
Interfaces with readout and pixel driver circuits
Optical structure extensions beyond the active array boundaries
Optical Design:
Optimize optical structure layout shifts to accommodate image height dependent module lens CRAs

Qualification

CIS pixel layoutIC layout EDA toolsParasitic capacitance extractionOptical structure designProgramming skillsAnalytical skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree with 10+ years or Master's degree with 7+ years of hands-on experience with CIS pixel layout
Masterful on IC layout related EDA tools and layout parasitic capacitance extraction EDA tools
Knowledgeable about typical physics, basic timing and operation principles of CIS pixel
Medium level programming skills

Preferred

Background is Electrical Engineering, Physics or Photonics
Familiar with CMOS image sensor process integration, device physics and optics are good pluses

Company

Himax Imaging

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At Himax Imaging, a division of Himax Technologies, we develop low power CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) for consumer, computing, IoT and automotive markets.
dateFounded in 2001
location
Hsin-Chu, TW
people-size1001-5000 employees
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https://www.himax.com.tw/

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Amit Mittra
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