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Pocatello, Idaho, United States

Design embedded microcontroller systems using ARM Cortex M0+/M33.Create automated design integration for sub 1-day embedded subsystem turnaround.Create SystemVerilog control and interface blocks.Architect microcontroller sub systems for internal design groups.

Pocatello, Idaho, United States

Design and verify analog cells for use in a microcontroller system.Lead other analog designers in circuit design activities.Integrate analog IP into the design.Perform top-level mixed mode simulations to verify design functionality.Evaluate design in laboratory using embedded firmware written in C++.Automate design validation with Python to control the chip and the lab instruments.Assist application engineering with documentation, software and other analog decisions.

Pocatello

Gather and document requirements to create Application Specific Integrated Circuits.Design analog circuits to meet design requirements.Lead team of engineers in developing and verifying the design.Perform top-level verification with mixed-mode simulations.Perform lab evaluation of design to ensure functionality and performance is met according to specification.

Design of a wide variety of CMOS circuits. Work on Class E RF power amplifiers, Delta Sigma Class D audio converters and other basic amplifiers and data converters. Leading a development team on an infra-red data link.

Teaching Senior level course in VLSI design. Through CMOS logic, students learn how to design simulate and layout circuits in the Cadence Design Framework.

Summer Interships, working with digital synthesis, P&R. Heavy use of scripts to automate digital design flows.