Mask Layout Designer

Please note this is a hybrid role in San Diego or the Bay Area. You must be able to work 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and 2 days remote (Monday and Friday).

Join a team of innovators revolutionizing wireless technology! As an integral part of a world-class, vertically integrated engineering team, you'll contribute to cutting-edge designs impacting millions of products. This is your chance to shape the future of wireless communication. This exciting opportunity will allow you to work closely with a dynamic design team, focusing on the layout and verification of custom RF and analog IP for complex SoC products. Your expertise will be essential in bringing state-of-the-art designs from concept to reality.

What You'll Do:

• Meticulously craft transistor-level layouts for RF and analog circuit blocks, including LNA, mixers, PLL, LO generation, modulators, power amplifiers, ADC/DAC, baseband filters, and bandgap/bias/LDO.
• Execute block-level layout through the full verification flow, encompassing extraction, DRC, LVS, and DFM checking.
• Collaborate with designers on block-level floorplanning.
• Conduct layout reviews, focusing on power/gnd routing, electromigration, signal path check, differential and IQ matching, and signal coupling.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• BS degree and 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
• FinFet experience.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Experience in custom RF/analog layout for radio transceivers with deep sub-micron CMOS knowledge.
• Expertise in layout techniques for device matching, minimizing parasitics, RF shielding, and high-frequency routing.
• Solid grasp of RC delay, electromigration, and coupling.
• Understanding of guard rings, DNW, PN junctions, and advanced process effects like LOD and WPE.
• High proficiency in interpreting CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS, etc., in FinFet Technology (7nm experience highly preferred).
• Knowledge of CADENCE layout tools.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Scripting skills.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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