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Senior Manager- Design Engineer

Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless

Design
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Posted on Mar 12, 2025

Responsibilities:

  • Manage a team of Design engineers to:

    • Design and research semiconductor leading edge system protection products, applying knowledge of electronics engineering principles, such as power electronic circuit design and semiconductor devices.

    • Perform analog and mixed-signal circuit design and simulation using Cadence Virtuoso design tools.

    • Perform electrical evaluation to verify correct device functionality and performance.

    • Collaborate with internal packaging team to propose solutions to meet electrical, thermal and mechanical requirements.

    • Work closely with applications engineers and marketing personnel regarding new product definition and specification.

    • Provide development engineering support to product engineering and test engineering teams to ensure correlated and reliable automated testing solutions optimized for minimal test time.

    • Ensure finished products adhere to specifications and Quality Control (QC) standards prior to release.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related field and 7+ years of experience as a Design Engineer, Electrical Engineer or related occupation in the semiconductor industry

  • Qualifying experience should include the following areas:

  • Design Management

  • Power Electronic Circuit Design

  • Analog / Mixed-signal Circuit Design

  • Silicon Wafer Process Flow

  • Device Characterization Data Analysis

  • Cadence Design Software

  • Design of Experiments (DoE)

  • APQP and FMEA methods

  • Appropriate knowledge of bipolar, BiCMOS or power discrete device physics, and design techniques in both circuit and Silicon level.

  • Experience in device simulation tools and layout software.

  • Must have good oral and written communication skills

  • Willingness to become part of a dynamic engineering team which values growth and innovation of both products and individuals.

Desired Qualifications

  • 10+ years of power IC design experience including:

    • Hot switch controllers

    • DC/DC converters

    • Current / Voltage monitoring circuitry

    • Integrating complex digital control circuitry with analog top level wrapper

    • Mixed signal simulation and modeling techniques

    • Extensive Design Management experience.

    • Management training classes

  • Experience interacting with customers creating unique design solutions.

  • Capable of independently solving design problems (most likely means that they have several patents or publications)