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Abbott Principal Engineer, Integrated Circuit Design in Sunnyvale, California
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are seeking a talented and versatile IC designer to be a part of our Integrated Circuit Development organization. Our team designs ultra-low power mixed-signal IC’s for use in Abbott’s implantable pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac monitors and neuro-stimulation devices. These devices save lives and provide therapy for serious medical conditions.
The successful person in this role will have a strong mastery of analog and mixed-signal IC design, with breadth and depth of knowledge across digital and analog design. This position requires consideration of clinical as well as practical design constraints and opportunities that extend well outside the design of the IC’s themselves
In this role, the engineer will work closely with other members of the Analog and Digital Design groups, and other functions such as Clinical, Electrical Systems Engineering, Firmware Development, ATE, and Manufacturing. The engineer will play a key role in growing our analog mixed-signal design capabilities, and act as a design lead on IC design projects.
Required Skills:
Successful experience as IC project lead
Demonstrated ability to define micro-architecture specifications for IC’s and IC subsystems given broad performance requirements
Experience with high-level modeling (e.g. Matlab) of mixed-signal systems
Mastery of circuit and block-level analog IC design
Ability to guide IC top-level integration and drive functional and physical verification
Experience with PLL’s, data converters, and analog signal processing
Design expertise for building blocks such as op amps, bias generators, bandgap references, regulators, switched capacitor circuits, etc.
Excellent design, simulation and debug skills
Experience with Cadence IC design tools is required
Excellent verbal and written communications skills, and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
Demonstrated ability to work on cross-functional development projects
Interest and ability to provide mentorship to other designers
Demonstrated ability to clearly document design work and present and explain design choices
Great analytical skills and a desire to delve deeply into technical challenges
A strong interest in contributing to integrated circuits that save people’s lives
Preferred Skills:
Experience with weak inversion (subthreshold) and/or ultra low-power analog IC design is a plus
Digital design experience using Verilog
Experience with discrete electronics design (BJT, MOS, Power Devices, etc.)
Education and Experience Requirements:
MSEE or equivalent required
At least 10 years industry experience in IC design
The base pay for this position is $148,700.00 – $297,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com