Senior Principal, Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

Summary Description:

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space and is looking for a motivated and creative Senior Principal, Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer to take on a critical role with expansive responsibilities and play a leading role in enhancing the ASIC function in a growing organization.

 The Senior Principal, Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer will be responsible for working in a fast-paced, market-oriented fabless R&D team environment, developing ASIC technology for MEMS based microphones and related audio solutions.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for top-level integration of complex mixed signal systems
• Supervision and review of all block-level design and layout
• Responsible for coordinating with digital and system teams: define specifications and interaction between blocks
• Verify functionality and performance through top-level mixed signal simulations
• Design and verification of analog/mixed-signal blocks as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required:

• MS in EE, Ph.D. in EE with focus on analog/mixed-signal IC design is preferred.
• 10+ years Design experience targeting audio-frequency products.
• HV design experience, such as on-chip charge pumps and switching regulators.
• A/D and D/A design experience.
• Micropower circuit design.
• Knowledge of analog and mixed-signal circuits such as op-amps (single-stage, two-stage, OTA’s, class A, class AB, etc.), comparators (clocked/dynamic and continuous-time), analog continuous- and discrete-time filters, reference generators (bandgap, PTAT), and regulators (LDO’s)
• Solid understanding of CMOS circuit design and device fundamentals.
• Knowledge of circuit layout techniques and effects, such as matching and shielding.
• Experience with Cadence design tools (Virtuoso Schematic, Spectre/APS, AMS).

• Self-motivated, passionate about circuit design, good analytical and communications skills, able to work in an agile team setting.

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose-built silicon and hardware-agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provides compute-efficient software solutions with proprietary model architectures that enable world-leading inference speed and minimized memory footprint across a broad range of processors. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Bosch Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting www.syntiant.com.

One element in our total compensation package is base pay.  The starting base pay for this role is targeted to be between $230,000 - $255,000, in addition, this role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan at 20% of your annual base pay. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Syntiant, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.