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These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.\nTeam Description:\nThe Brain Interfaces Soc Department delivers chip architecture and silicon implementation of neural recording and stimulation system-on-chip (SoC) for high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces. We have crafted a team of exceptional engineers whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the future.\nJob Description and Responsibilities:\nWe are looking for experienced and hands-on engineers with a creative and initiative mindset, who are interested in exploring the next-generation chip design with advanced architectures and hardware accelerators with a goal of enhancing the energy efficiency, information entropy, and scalability of our wireless brain-computer interfaces towards the physical limit of silicon technology. The ideal candidates are energetic people who get excited about building things, are highly analytical, and enjoy tackling new problems. You will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with chip designers, electrical engineers, algorithms engineers, and software engineers on a small, agile team. As an Analog IC Layout Engineer, your responsibilities will include:\nCrafting state-of-the-art layouts for mixed-signal and analog circuits\nAmplifiers\nFilters\nSwitched capacitor circuits\nOscillators\nData converters\nPower management circuits\nReviewing layout floorplans and analyzing high-fidelity circuits with circuit engineers\nPhysical verification of custom IC mask layouts (LVS, DRC, ERC)\nRequired Qualifications:\n\nBachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or related field\n2+ years of experience in analog and mixed-signal IC layout design\n1+ year experience with FinFET technologies\nAbility to identify the best approach to solving problems\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nProgramming/scripting knowledge in SKILL, TCL, Shell, C/C++, and/or Python\nProven expertise in implementing analog and mixed-signal layout designs, achieving tight matching, low noise, and low power consumption\nUnderstanding on failure-prone circuit and layout structures\nExperience with analog DFM standards\nExperience with layout P-cell design and implementation\nExperience with layout automation \nExpected Compensation:\nThe anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. 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