Principal Design Engineer

Job Description:

Title: Principal Design Engineer (Principal Analog IC Designer)

Reports to: VP of IC Design

In Office

Exempt

Based: Torrance, CA - Corporate Office

Job Purpose:

Navitas Semiconductor is a publicly traded MNC that creates the world's fasted integrated GaN Power ICs. Design Engineers will design, implement, and verify power IC through transistor level to top-level for a myriad of PMIC products.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Evaluate system-level trade-offs for next generation power supply and identify IC architectures in collaboration with the system application team to meet performance requirements

• Interface with characterization, modeling, and EDA design engineers to define and optimize device characteristics and simulation needs

• Guide layout engineers on physical design

• Review layouts and floorplan and provide feedback for optimal layout design

• Tape out designs on schedule, adhering to required specifications

• Evaluate and validate designs in the lab and identify any deviations from requirements and implement corrective actions

• Any and all other duties, as assigned

KSAOs:

• Knowledge and strong understanding of semiconductor device physics, device safe-operating area, and power transistors used for high-frequency switching

• Proven track record of designing power IC from concept phase to massive production

• Strong proficiency with EDA tools (Cadence Specter, Virtuoso XL, Post Parasitic Extraction simulations, Monte Carlo Analysis, etc.)

• Experience with DFT approaches and development of characterization and production test plans

• Professionalism towards internal and external partners

• Demonstrated ability to autonomously manage a myriad of demands and prioritize effectively

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Maintains accountability for actions (ownership of work)

• Extremely reliable and self-motivated with the ability to champion tasks

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering and 10+ years’ experience OR

• PhD in electrical engineering and 7+ years’ experience

• Extensive previous experience in chip design in the power supply field (Analog IC Design, Power Management IC, PMIC, AC-DC, AC-DC Controller, ACF, LLC, QR)