need vlsi jobs
Current position in US?
As of April 6, 2007, all (USA) H1B visas issued for this year have been allocated. Basically, after just 2 days, the entire 2007 allocation was completed filled by requests from companies.
US companies are getting better at outsourcing -- they are learning how to work with offshore companies more effectively (and what types of work are best suited to exporting.) Likewise, our friends in the offshore nations (India, China, Russia, etc.) are improving their work output quality and quantity. And one day our friends will rise up and refuse to be paid lowly wages for their craftsmanship -- and then they, too, will feel the need to begin outsourcing their outsourcing work (hopefully back to the US.)
On a more serious note, analog/RF design is simply one of those specialties that demands relevant work experience (which no one in the USA will give you the opportunity to learn), or demonstrated competence (by getting a PhD in a related topic area.) There will always be a demand for experienced VLSI persons, but sadly, the US industry seems very shortsighted in not hiring entry-level VLSI people. One day we'll have a shortage of experienced engineers, and partly due to bad staffing policies within high-tech companies. (Pretty much every hightech company, small or large, wants to run in "startup mode" -- i.e. hire only people who can already perform the job, use them for 60hrs/wk until project is done, then let them go.)