Company Overview
Zero-Error Systems (ZES) provides high-reliability semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs)/electronic modules and reliability testing services that enable higher functionality, lower cost, longer lifetime and higher power efficiency for space, and various power management applications.
About the Role
ZES is currently seeking a junior analog designer to join our team and help us revolutionise the industry. The analog designer will collaborate with other IC designers to work on different analog IC designs for various applications including commercial, automotive and space.
Key Responsibilities
- Fast development of analog IC physical designs, including layout drawing, design rule checks (DRCs), Layout Versus Schematic (LVS)
- Layout extractions and analysis for IC designers
- Develop analog and/or digital library cells in various technologies (e.g. Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) & Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI))
- Layout digital cells for various trade-offs (including speed, power, area, reliability)
- Layout analog circuits and input and output (I/O) circuits
- Characterize digital cell cells for timing and power analyses
- Construct test structures for validating various digital and analog cells
- Layout integration and optimization
- Advise IC designers for best layout practice
- Work with the IC design team to deliver IC physical designs
- Support the team lead for layout design integrations
- Any other duties assigned
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Masters in electrical engineering or a related field
- Strong experience in analog IC design, particularly bandgap, amplifier, comparator, low-dropout regulator (LDO), current sensing, power switch, etc
- Proficiency with industry-standard tools such as Cadence, Spectre, HSPICE, and Matlab.
- Familiarity with CMOS, BiCMOS, and other process technologies
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
- At least 3 years of experience in analog IC design with 2 IC product tapeouts
- Some understanding of circuit analysis and implementation
- Strong expertise in power management, including DC/DC converter design
- Able to perform design verifications
- Is a good team player
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to think critically and is results oriented
Measures of Success
- Physical Design - Collaborate with layout engineer(s) to successfully deliver physical IC designs meeting specifications
- IC circuit design - Demonstrate understanding of implemented circuits and assist IC designers with design verifications
