Analog/Mixed Signal Design Engineer (Early Career)

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Salary Range:

$86,300 - $166,800

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking an Electronics Engineer/Memory and Analog/Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit (IC) Design Engineer to join a team using advanced EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools and CMOS semiconductor technologies. Our team supports ASIC product development targeting DOE weapons systems, satellite systems, the intelligence community, high energy physics research and trusted microelectronics applications.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Develop complex ICs including using Sandia’s internal radiation hardened IC technology and external commercial state-of-the-art silicon foundries.
• Perform design implementation, including logic synthesis, static timing analysis, and directing the placement, routing, and finishing of the coordinated circuit design process.
• Develop test methodologies and vectors, working closely with test engineering to ensure detailed characterization and validation of all functional and reliability requirements.
• Build targeted simulation testbenches and associated test scripts.
• Perform electrical laboratory test setup planning, design and debug.
• Work closely with the production agency to resolve any issues associated with the transition to full scale production.

This position is eligible for telecommuting and the selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Qualifications We Require:

• Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or;
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering plus four (4) or more years of experience with analog/mixed signal design
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Familiarity with several of the following:
• Analog techniques and analog building blocks such as voltage/current references, charge pumps, regulators, ADC/DACs and power on circuits
• Non-volatile memory (NVM) design
• Mixed signal verification and behavioral models for mixed signal blocks
• Analog and digital simulators such as HSPICE and Verilog
• Digital ASIC design flow, including logic simulation, synthesis, place-and-route
• Radiation effect mitigation techniques
• Laboratory test equipment
• Strong interpersonal skills which include teamwork, effective leadership, negotiation, delegation, conflict resolution and the ability to work in a diverse team environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the development and delivery of presentations, proposals, reports, and documentation

About Our Team:

The Advanced CMOS Products and Design department develops and maintains digital, analog, and mixed-signal design expertise. We have a deep understanding of technology offerings and design methodologies to provide custom microelectronic products and engineering services that fulfill the diverse needs of our customers (Nuclear Weapons {NW} and Strategic Partnership Programs {SPP}). Customers include DOE weapons systems, satellite systems, the intelligence community, armed services, other government agencies, the Sandia research community, and commercial industry.We are an accredited Department of Defense (DoD) Trusted Design Center. Our Category 1A Trusted Accreditation through the DoD Defense MicroElectronics Activity (DMEA) is for "Trusted Design" services for both unclassified and classified integrated circuits. We provide ASIC Design Services for both radiation-hardened and non-radiation-hardened foundries from 350nm down to 7nm. We are also involved in microelectronics research and development for next generation microelectronics in support of both Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) and external sponsors. In addition to IC product development, the department works closely with our in-house radiation hardened CMOS technology group to maintain state-of-the-art radiation-hardened CMOS research, design, and production capability.

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

Job ID: 686702