About the position
For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, which was built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn’t do it without our extraordinary workforce – and that’s where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career! We are hiring for a Product Teardown Engineer. This position is responsible for performing product teardowns and competitive analysis. Reverse engineer the latest electronic gadgets to determine sub-system and IC functions and collect measurement data to determine key behavior and characteristics. Provide a complete analysis of the overall system, subsystems, and specific IC’s, for electronic devices in categories such as smartphones, tablets, hearable, wearables, smart home, and automotive infotainment.
Responsibilities
- Reverse engineer detailed product information by identifying areas of interest, selecting appropriate analytical techniques and evaluating results.
- Compose and perform innovative test experiments to determine system and IC performance.
- Work closely with subject matter experts in Systems, Design, and Marketing teams to analyze results to determine relevance to internal developments.
- Deliver comprehensive assessments of electronic, electro-mechanical, and mechanical sub-systems and components in a product, including diagrams for system connectivity and circuit schematics where possible.
- Assess product architectures and provide reasoning for design choices.
- Provide material lists, including estimated passive component and IC costs/pricing.
- Assess competitive IC’s capabilities and physical analysis for analog/digital/memory structures.
- Provide HW/FW/SW interaction analysis, algorithm functional analysis, and protocol analysis.
- Develop equipment and techniques for the analysis of new devices and technologies; perform experimental research to find and define solutions.
- Engage external data sources/services/contractors or outsource functions as required.
- Produce reports and build competitive database.
- Keep up with news about competitors and new electronics products/technology.
- Communicate ideas and specifications to technical audiences.
- Autonomously manage task list and competing priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience reverse engineering devices and circuits with lab experience in system and device-level functional testing.
- Experience with multiple applications/technology used in electronic products such as audio, autofocus and optical image stabilization, voice coil or other motor drive/control, MEMS, inertial/light/pressure/magnetic/touch/force/temperature sensors, haptics, wireless radios/protocols, USB or other complex serial bus protocols, etc.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills and optimistic attitude to addressing challenges.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to succinctly compile and compose written reports.
- Task and detailed oriented, very organized.
- Dynamic and able to learn quickly, self-starter, and unafraid to ask questions.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of semiconductor device physics.
- Knowledge of closed loop control and adaptive algorithms.
- Understanding of kernel level coding and debugging and device drivers.
- Programming or macro/script development experience.
- Macro photography and photo editing/annotating experience.
