Sr Staff Engineer, ASIC Design

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Primary Location: United States (US) - California - Torrance
Function: Engineering (CA)
Title: Sr Staff Engineer, ASIC Design - 89388
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position
Your Responsibilities
As a Senior Staff Engineer, ASIC Design for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group (ISG) located in Torrance, CA, you will....

• Specify, design, develop, test, and document and/or ASIC (Application Specification Integrated Circuit) solutions for GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) and communication signal processing, and other miscellaneous logical functions for company products and/or R&D
• Specify, design, develop, test, and document electronic circuit board assemblies for company products and/or technology research, such as technology proof of concept, test fixtures, specialized test equipment
• Support field and lab test assignments

What Skills You Need

• 10+ years of design experience relating to logic design of large-scale systems using Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL) for FPGA/ASIC synthesis and simulation.
• Previous use of design tools such as Mentor Graphics ModelSim / Questa, Xilinx Vivado FPGA tools.
• Familiarity with electronics laboratory tools used for testing digital radios, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and multimeters.
• 5+ years work experience designing digital circuitry, including high-speed logic (100 MHz to 750 MHz) signaling.
• 5+ years work experience designing/debugging GNSS, SATCOM, modems, transceivers, and other digital communication systems.
• Solid understanding of digital signal processing fundamentals and implementation techniques
• Experience with Arm microprocessor-based systems.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Exposure to mixed signal system design and interfacing with high-rate digitizers
• MATLAB or similar calculation tool
• PSpice or similar electronic simulation tool
• Schematic tool such as Siemens Xpedition VX, Mentor Graphics Design Capture, or similar
• Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages

Education
Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar from an ABET accredited institution

What You'll Get
At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Benefit Pension)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use

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The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
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