Senior Applications Engineer

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations.  It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results and for our customers.  Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry.  Our focus is on R&D, product innovation and customer service, and to that focus we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality. 

Energy feeds on energy.  If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.  

Lattice Semiconductor is seeking an Applications Engineer to join the Boards design team under Applications engineering organization.  This position is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team with ample opportunity to contribute, learn and grow.

Accountabilities: 

• Lead all aspects of PCB design for FPGA silicon products from stack-up through production including PCB development, project management, architecture, schematic entry, layout/signal integrity analysis, and validation.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to create board specs, meet design requirements and constraints.
• Create/modify schematics, accurate component symbols, footprints, and database entries from manufacturer's datasheets.
• Perform/support high-speed simulation of critical signals and stack-up planning for digital designs.
• Work with the infrastructure team to ensure that the software and lab equipment are current with the latest industry standards.
• Work with Sales, Marketing and Field Applications team to support innovation and customer adoption of our products.
• Assist in management of customer escalations and support tickets.

Required Skills:

• Experience with microelectronic circuit design and hardware engineering.
• Experience with PCB development, including planning, schematic entry (Allegro or equivalent), layout/signal integrity analysis, and validation.
• Hands-on lab experience (measurement, scopes, signal generation etc.).
• Experience in a wide variety of physical interface standards, including LVCMOS, SPI, I2C, DDR, LVDS, and SERDES is highly desired.
• Hands-on FPGA development experience, including verification is highly desired.
• Expertise with Verilog and/or VHDL is desired.
• Experience with customer technical support is desired.
• Experience with silicon support, including design debug and documentation is desired.
• Outstanding English communication skills, both written and verbal required.
• Must be able to work independently and also in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize appropriately and manage competing priorities.

Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry.  Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry.

Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions.  Our global workforce, some 800 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win.  For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management  devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com.  You can also follow us via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace.  Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.

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