Alex of NXP Semiconductors

So, you want to be an analog circuit designer!

You’ve taken and enjoyed some courses on transistors and circuits. You’re starting to understand how they work. Now what? In this presentation, I aim to answer all the questions I had before starting my career in analog design and things I’ve learned in my first two years which I didn’t learn in school.

• What does a job in analog design entail? What is the day-to-day like? 
• How do I get a job as an analog designer? Are college internships important?
• Does it pay well? Does it have a future?
• How do I foster that love/hate relationship with Cadence? 
• What does it mean to make a robust design?
• How do I improve my design skills?

Biography:

Alex Sheldon received the BSc and the PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada in 2016 and 2022, respectively. Now he is an Analog Design Engineer at NXP Semiconductors, Chandler, AZ, USA where he does research and development of analog front-ends and serial link products. His interests are in all things that include transistors but, in particular SerDes and scientific instrumentation. He is the Chair of the IEEE Phoenix section solid-state circuits society chapter. When he is not working with transistors, he enjoys exploring off-road in his Jeep Wrangler and working with amateur radios. He is a licensed amateur radio operator in both Canada (Advanced: VA6ALX) and the United States (Extra: AA7WS).