Summary Description:
Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, has entered into an agreement to acquire a large, multi-national sensor business with global revenues in excess of $250 million per year, and is looking for an experienced and talented MEMS Design Engineer to take on a critical role with expansive responsibilities and play a leading role in enhancing the Research and Development function in a growing organization.
The MEMS Design Engineer will be responsible for working in a fast-paced, market-oriented R&D team environment developing MEMS technology for microphones and related mobile platform applications. The position will have a strong preference for experience with MEMS design, characterization, and modeling/simulation, ensuring other desirable background experiences include MEMS processing and acoustics. This position will also play a key role in offering creative insights and solutions for R&D problems, with direct responsibilities for developing new design concepts and architectures, modeling/simulation, characterization, design and analysis of experiments, and written and oral presentations.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and analysis of MEMS devices.
• Perform FEM modeling and simulation analysis of new design concepts and architectures (solid modeling, mechanical, acoustical, flow dynamics, etc.) using Finite Element Analysis tools including Ansys and COMSOL.
• Contribute device level and package level ideas for new designs and improvements to MEMS technologies and processing.
• Develop analytical models to conduct analysis of multi-physical sensor and actuator interaction.
• Perform a variety of physical, electrical, acoustical, and optical characterization activities on MEMS devices.
• Design critical experiments, analyze data, develop meaningful conclusions, and produce written summaries of results.
• Work independently and collaboratively, assist on assignments with other engineers as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• MS or PhD degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, or physics preferred).
• 5+ years of MEMS experience in designing MEMS for volume applications.
• Experience creating 3D models.
• FEA modelling skills.
• Knowledge of lumped parameter modelling of MEMS.
• Experience with Thin-Film MEMS.
• Strong diagnostic and analytical skills.
• MEMS device characterization experience.
• MEMS layout & verification.
• Familiarity with common MEMS/CMOS material properties.
• Knowledge of typical MEMS-CMOS interface circuitry.
• Excellent oral and written communication and people skills required.

• Design and analysis of MEMS devices.
• Perform FEM modeling and simulation analysis of new design concepts and architectures (solid modeling, mechanical, acoustical, flow dynamics, etc.) using Finite Element Analysis tools including Ansys and COMSOL.
• Contribute device level and package level ideas for new designs and improvements to MEMS technologies and processing.
• Develop analytical models to conduct analysis of multi-physical sensor and actuator interaction.
• Perform a variety of physical, electrical, acoustical, and optical characterization activities on MEMS devices.
• Design critical experiments, analyze data, develop meaningful conclusions, and produce written summaries of results.
• Work independently and collaboratively, assist on assignments with other engineers as needed