About this role
Division: Technology & Manufacturing Group Employment Status: E Salary Grade: 110 Shift: Requisition ID: 78965 Please be aware that if you are selected to formally interview for an internal position you will be required to notify your current manager. Please refer to the Employee Transfers Guidelines posted on Skylink.
Summary Skyworks is seeking an experienced EDA Applications Engineer to define, deploy, and support silicon design methodologies across RF, analog, mixed-signal (AMS), and digital IC development. The role serves as the technical interface between product design teams, technology development, internal EDA organizations, and EDA vendors to enable efficient, scalable, and high-quality silicon product development. The successful candidate will provide hands-on applications support for designers, develop and qualify EDA design flows, and drive methodology improvements spanning custom analog/RF design, AMS verification, digital implementation and verification, modeling, simulation, and silicon correlation.
Responsibilities / Accountabilities
- Provide day-to-day applications support for RFIC, analog, mixed-signal, and digital silicon design teams using industry-standard EDA tools.
- Develop, maintain, and deploy silicon design methodologies covering RF, analog, AMS, and digital design flows.
- Support designers with circuit simulation, mixed-signal verification, digital verification, modeling, debug, and results interpretation.
- Evaluate, benchmark, qualify, and deploy EDA tools for custom design, AMS simulation, digital verification, and RF simulation.
- Collaborate with technology, design, CAD, and product engineering teams to improve first-pass silicon success and design productivity.
- Partner with EDA vendors to resolve technical issues, influence product roadmaps, and deploy new capabilities.
- Develop reference flows, PDK enablement, reusable automation, and best practices for silicon design.
- Deliver training, documentation, and mentoring to increase designer proficiency across RF, analog, mixed-signal, and digital methodologies.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field 5+ years supporting or designing RFIC, analog, mixed-signal, or digital IC products Hands-on experience with CMOS, SOI, SiGe, or related silicon technologies Experience with custom analog/RF design, AMS verification, and/or digital design and verification flows Proficiency with tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Xcelium, Synopsys HSPICE/PrimeSim, VCS, Keysight ADS, AWR, or equivalent Strong communication, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills Preferred Experience Experience defining enterprise EDA design flows and methodology deployment.
- Knowledge of EM, package, thermal, and multi-physics simulation.
- Experience collaborating with EDA vendors on tool qualification and roadmap development.
#LI-MC1 Description
Responsibilities PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Through in-depth product knowledge, provides both pre-sales and post-sales technical support to the company's sales staff and customers. May provide support in a pre-sales through post-sales capacity, such as product capability assessment, installation, repair, preventative maintenance, and upgrades. Provides, presents, and interprets design, application, and service information in a variety of situations, including complex requirements and negotiations. Develops product specifications and applications usable by a specific customer and explores the business feasibility of general marketing.
Required Experience and Skills Desired Experience and Skills Skyworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.