ESD - Design Engineer (m/f/d)

at  NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, we are driving innovation in the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and smart connected solutions markets.
Within our Business Unit Secure Connected Edge (SCE), we have an open position for an ESD Design Engineer within the ESD Design team.
ESD Design is responsible for developing concepts and designs to protect our products from damage due to Electrostatic Discharges. The ESD design team supports the full SCE product portfolio, which includes state of the art products including those for mobile wallet, IoT security and secure ranging. These products are made possible by cutting edge technologies like NFC, RFID & UWB. The team is based in Gratkorn, Austria.

Your responsibilities:

• Develop a full understanding of ESD requirements and the performance of ESD protection devices for the technologies used in SCE products
• Propose ESD protection concepts for new products, new IC technologies
• Collaborate on design of ESD protection devices
• Design verification of the implementation of the ESD concept
• Simulate performance of ESD protection to verify the protection implementation
• Work with Product Engineering on ESD testing and results analysis for new products

Your profile:

• Have a Master or PhD degree in Electronic Engineering or in a similar field
• Good understanding of analog circuit design and layout
• Understanding of basic device physics and parasitic CMOS devices
• Familiar with Cadence tool flow for analog IC development

Your personal traits:

• Good analytical, problem-solving skills
• Good team player with ability to work across teams and sites
• Good communication and reporting skills
• Proactive working attitude

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• Develop a full understanding of ESD requirements and the performance of ESD protection devices for the technologies used in SCE products
• Propose ESD protection concepts for new products, new IC technologies
• Collaborate on design of ESD protection devices
• Design verification of the implementation of the ESD concept
• Simulate performance of ESD protection to verify the protection implementation
• Work with Product Engineering on ESD testing and results analysis for new product