About Peraso Technologies, Inc.

Our client, Peraso Technologies, is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of chip sets for the 60 GHz and mm-wave 5G marketplace. Peraso’s goal is to provide best in class products for the fixed wireless and consumer electronics (CE) market.

Description

Our client, Peraso is actively seeking an experienced Staff level Digital Design Team Lead to be based at their Toronto office. The team lead will develop new digital architectures for the control of Peraso’s next generation mm-wave radios. You will be instrumental with the integration of digital blocks and subsystems into a single IC and will be actively involved with the planning and scheduling of the projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture, design and implementation of digital hardware state machines, CPU subsystems and signal processing blocks in RTL
• In cooperation with analog engineers and system design team define optimal hardware/software IP solutions
• Creating technical documentation and product collateral
• Expert support to internal customers

Requirements

We need our engineers to be versatile and passionate with an ability to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology limits.

• Ability to take a project from initial specification, architecture, to design, tape out, and chip bring up.
• Ability to architect a SoC solution and break down into individual blocks for design implementation.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate vendor IPs.
• Comfortable creating C routines to interface with the design.
• Comfortable with DFT flows such as Scan and ATPG.
• Comfortable with interfacing with analog Asic blocks.
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or related field. M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or a related field is highly desired.
• 8+ years of digital design experience
• Good knowledge about IC Design flows and excellent problem solving and debugging skills
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills are essential.
• Experience with high volume IC manufacturing is a plus.
• Desirable: Knowledge of Communication Theory

​​​How to Apply​​​

​​I​f you are interested in applying for this position, please send your resume to jobs@perasotech.com,​​ stating the position title in the email subject line.

We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those who are considered for an interview will be contacted.

About Peraso Technologies

Our client, Peraso Technologies, is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of chip sets for the 60 GHz marketplace. Peraso’s goal is to provide best in class products for the fixed wireless and consumer electronics (CE) market.

Description

Peraso is actively seeking for an experienced High Speed Analog Mixed Signal designer for RF/mm-wave integrated transceivers. The successful candidate must have hands-on experience designing several of the followings: CDR, PLL, VGA/AGC, CML/ECL logic, low noise bias circuitry, bandgap reference, DAC, ADC, custom IO pad, level detector, ring oscillator and active/passive filters. The candidate must also be skilled in the design of integrated LDO, switching regulator, power control and management, ESD and LU protection.

Peraso needs their engineers to be versatile and passionate with an ability to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology limits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the development of high-performance baseband circuits for RF/mm-wave transceivers using Cadence CAE tools.
• Understand block specifications and translate them into circuit-level specifications.
• Execute physical layout of all critical circuits and have a thorough understanding of all layout requirements.
• Participate in IC assembly, SOC verification and lab evaluation.
• Present and participate in regular design reviews.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation including general specification, circuit description, and evaluation plan.

Requirements

• Sc. in Electrical Engineering or related field. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field is highly desired.
• 5 -10 years of design experience in transistor-level high-speed AMS circuit design including both state-of-the-art deep sub-micron CMOS and BiCMOS technologies. Experience at or above 10 Gb/s is highly desired.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills are essential.
• Experience in design with Cadence Spectre, SpectreRF, AMS and Virtuoso.
• Experience in RF communication systems and RFIC design is high desired.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed test equipment and excellent bench skills.
• Strong knowledge of Verilog-A & Matlab for system modeling and verification.
• Understanding of digital ASIC design and design flow is an asset.
• Experience with high volume IC manufacturing is a plus.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your resume to jobs@perasotech.com, stating the position title in the email subject line.

We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those who are considered for an interview will be contacted.

Peraso Technologies is committed to supporting the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (Ontario), ensuring accommodation for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and employment life cycle.

About Peraso Technologies

Our client, Peraso Technologies, Inc., is seeking an experienced Staff mm-Wave/RFIC Design Engineer responsible for the development of complex circuits from DC to 80 GHz to be used in fully integrated millimeter-wave (mm-wave) transceivers. The successful candidate must have hands-on experience designing several of the following circuits:

High-frequency (>10 GHz) front end: LNA, PA, modulator, mixer, LC-VCO, frequency divider/multiplier, switch, filter and phase shifter.

Mixed Signal: PLL/DLL, ADC, DAC, VGA/AGC

The candidate must also be skilled in the design and modeling of custom inductors, baluns, hybrids, transformers and transmission lines.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Develop high performance RFIC blocks for mm-wave transceivers using Cadence tools.
• Understand mm-wave transceiver specifications and translate them into circuit-level specifications. Excellent problem solving and analytical skills are essential.
• Design and verification of calibration algorithms such as DC cancelation, VCO setting, LO rejection, IQ gain and phase mismatch. Use of internal ADC/DAC for digitally controlled loops.
• Proficient in Spice-like block level simulation (Spectre, Goldengate) for linear, non-linear, and noise analysis. 3D EM simulation experience is a plus.
• Execute physical layout of all circuits and have a thorough understanding of all layout requirements.
• Participate in IC assembly, SOC verification and lab evaluation.
• Design of 60 GHz front-end circuits and Gigahertz-bandwidth baseband circuits in SiGe BiCMOS and deep sub-micron CMOS.
• Design of 60 GHz power detectors and DC offset DACs for TX LO leakage minimization.
• Passive 60 GHz power splitter/combiner design for multi-element phased arrays.
• Passive device design, characterization and modelling (TLs, inductors and capacitors).
  Development of digital pre-distortion and IQ calibration techniques for enhanced 60 GHz TX EVM
• Present and participate in regular design reviews.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation including general specification, circuit description, and evaluation reports.

Requirements

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or related field. Ph.D. is highly desired.
• 6+ years of design experience in transistor-level RFIC circuit design including both state-of-the-art deep sub-micron CMOS and BiCMOS technologies; III-V experience could be considered.
• Experience at or above K-band is highly desired.
• Experience with Verilog-A/AMS and Matlab for system modeling and verification is an asset
• Experience with high volume IC manufacturing is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed test equipment and bench test skills.
• Ability to take on tasks outside area of expertise.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your resume to jobs@perasotech.com, stating the position title in the email subject line.

We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those who are considered for an interview will be contacted.