San Diego Intern%2C Digital Design Fall Ca

Job Summary

This position is for a design verification/validation intern for Analog Mixed-Signal and Digital products. The intern will assist in developing, verifying, characterizing, validating, and supporting circuit IP blocks for product development.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Develop and simulate self-checking, functional design verification, and validation test benches
• Development of FPGA systems using logic design and RTL coding.
• Lab Debug of FPGA prototypes using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes and signal generators.
• Modify C code controlling automated test equipment

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Ability to develop RTL and run Verilog simulations
• Familiarity with FPGA development tools and lab debug of FPGA design projects
• Familiarity with sequential and combinational logic, finite state machines, data path components such as adders, comparators, subtractors, multipliers, shifters, counters, timers
• Familiarity with timing, metastability, setup/hold constraints
• Familiarity with memory components, storage elements
• Familiarity with software techniques, particularly programming in Python
• Familiarity with digital logic design and synthesis
• Understanding of CMOS silicon circuits
• Familiarity with operating lab equipment, including DIO, SMUs, and oscilloscopes

Preferred Qualifications

• Good Communication skills
• Experience with serial interface protocols such as SPI or I2C
• Experience with Cadence CAD tools, Simvision/Xcelium simulator, Genus synthesis, Innovus Auto Place, and Route
• Understanding of test vectors and digital test concepts
• Experience in ASIC front-end implementation tool flows and silicon bring-up

Education Requirements

• Fulltime enrollment in an accredited Bachelor's degree program in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (must be completing 3+ year) or MSEE candidate

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.