Intern, Digital Design

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor's 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission-to enhance Murata's world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi's product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi's team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

pSemi San Diego Digital Design is searching for the right intern to experience and assist in digital IP development for mixed signal ICs in a fast paced engineering environment.

Hands-on learning opportunities include (but not limited to) digital design, design automation, verification, production test vector generation, digital characterization, bench validation and documentation.

We are looking for future engineers with a passion for teamwork, technical excellence and systematic process driven execution.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Script Maintenance and development
• Derivative Verilog Design: Modify existing design to fit new requirements
• Design Verification: Plan and implement simulation test for digital IP blocks
• Building/modifying test benches, running, and analyzing simulations to cover a test plan
• Test Vector Generation: Convert simulation vectors to test vectors for silicon validation and production test
• Design validation: Perform lab measurements on existing chips to provide data to guide future developments

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations
• Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information
• Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions
• Displaying Technical Expertise: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
• Driving for Results: Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will to put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal driven approach toward work

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Project work in team environment
• Familiarity with scripting language such as Python
• Coursework in digital design (RTL), design debug and digital verification (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL)
• Coursework in circuit design/analysis
• Familiarity with serial protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART

Preferred Qualifications

• Course work in device physics (transistor level)
• Academic projects with Digital Design simulation, synthesis, and Automated Place and Route
• Simulation, debug and verification of gate level simulations
• Understanding of behavioral modelling of analog in digital simulations

Education Requirements

• Enrolled in BSEE (junior or above); Enrolled in MSEE or PHD program (preferred)

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.

Thank you for your interest in our temporary position. Please be advised that the selected candidate will be employed and receive all wages directly from a third party staffing agency selected by pSemi.

Minimum salary: $30.83

Maximum salary: $57.20

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including "protected veterans" under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com

Minimum Salary: $30.83

Maximum Salary: $57.20