Design Filter Engineer

Position Title: Design Filter Designer
Length of Contract: 6 months + Possible Extension
Location: CA - Remote
Pay Rate: TBD

NOTE: Looking for someone primarily on the MATLAB part, specifically using MATLAB design the FIR, IIR, CIC and Decimation filters

Role Mandate:

• The team is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Digital Filter Designer. The ideal individual will have a strong background in designing decimation filters and proficiency in MATLAB.

Candidate Value Proposition:

• The ideal candidate will be joining a team that works on hardware which goes into chips. The test chip
• The work typically involves designing / making blocks that align with the spec.
• The individual will be working on things that can potentially change how the work will work in the next 5-10 years! The team is supportive and collaborative.

Role Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• Design and develop high-quality digital filters, with a focus on decimation filters
• Create floating-point and fixed-point reference designs for digital filters
• Utilize MATLAB for filter design, simulation, and implementation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate filter designs into larger systems and facilitate end to end simulation
• Maintain a high level of attention to detail to ensure high-quality outcomes in all design and integration tasks
• Collaborate effectively with physical design and verification team members, contributing to team efforts and project success

Performance Measurement:

• Performance will be measured based on deliverables and quality of design.

Must-Have Skills:

• 5+ years of proven experience in designing digital signal processing blocks such as FIR, IIR, decimation Filters and CIC filters design
• Strong Proficiency in MATLAB and the Signal Processing Toolbox
• Experience in creating test vectors for fixed-point and floating-point bit accurate test vector generation using MATLAB and verify the RTL design
• Experience with floating-point and fixed-point reference design
• Strong hardware MATLAB experience, ability to demonstrate
• Running Lint/RDC/CDC
• Experience designing blocks
• Resume must showcase project work
• Ability to make sketches, engineering drawings and common computations
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawing, schematics and computer-generated reports
• Previous experience with computer applications and software related to engineering field, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Design verification or physical design skills
• Experience in designing Datapath hardware accelerators
• Experience in hardware design using development in Verilog, SystemVerilog
• Experience with other EDA tools and methodologies related to design verification and validation is a plus.
• Familiarity with tools such as Spyglass for conducting Lint, CDC checks.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to address and resolve design issues effectively.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or Tcl for automation of design tasks is beneficial.
• Knowledge of Client and Sample Rate converter

Soft Skills:

• Good communication and teamwork skills, with a proven ability to work collaboratively within diverse teams
• Creativity, verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical and problem-solving ability
• Team player
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment
• Expertise dealing with ambiguous situations

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (pre-requisite)

Skills Assessment:

• 1 Round, 45 minutes 1 hour
• Digital design, MATLAB-be able to demonstrate and speak on experience and contributions; combination of everything in the requirements

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