DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES IN ADDITION TO THOSE IN JOB DESCRIPTION: LSI's Storage Peripherals Group is looking for an experienced IC physical design engineer to join the pre-amplifier design team. As a preamp physical design (layout) engineer you will work closely with circuit design to implement high-speed custom analog designs and develop mask layouts for customer products. You will join a cross-functional team responsible for developing leading edge high-speed magneto electronic read/write IC products that ultimately achieve high volume production. - Layout high speed analog and mixed-signal custom chips for the hard disk drive industry - Work directly with a team of engineers to determine floor plan, routing and I/O requirements for preamp IC's - Perform IC design rule and connectivity verification and drive products through mask release flows. - Contribute to methodology improvements to increase layout and verification efficiency. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) or equivalent experience - Minimum three to five years experience in custom analog IC physical design - Experience with schematic-driven layout, floor planning, chip level routing, design for manufacturing and design rule and connectivity verification is required - Experience using Cadence Virtuoso XL and VCAR router preferred - Familiarity with both analog and digital layout tools and flows, circuit design concepts and IC manufacturing processes desired