Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia
Cisco SystemsJob Title
Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia
Role Summary
Member of the Acacia mixed-signal IC design team responsible for architecting, designing, laying out, measuring and productizing ultra-deep-submicron CMOS analog and mixed-signal circuits for high-speed optical transceivers.
Work closely with digital/DSP, system, package and module teams to deliver validated ASIC blocks for 100G–1.6T+ optical communications products.
Experience Level
Senior level. Role expects substantial hands-on IC design and delivery experience; see Education Requirements for degree-to-experience mapping.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Architect, design, simulate, lay out and characterize high-speed analog/mixed-signal IC blocks for optical transceivers.
- Lead design efforts for large/complex blocks, track deliverables and participate in design reviews.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team design methodology from concept through production.
- Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity targets.
- Develop and execute lab validation plans, debug prototypes, and iterate designs based on measurements.
- Ensure designs meet manufacturability targets including PVT characterization, IR drop and electromigration considerations.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience:
- Proven experience designing, simulating and measuring high-speed ICs in multiple of the areas listed below.
- Expertise with high-speed serial link components such as serializers/deserializers and data converters.
- Experience with high-performance output drivers, PLLs, clock transmission and equalization techniques.
- Hands-on experience with analog building blocks such as opamps and programmable gain amplifiers.
- Practical experience in layout and high-frequency layout considerations (floorplanning, power/ground routing, analog/digital partitioning).
- Proficiency with design and simulation tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/APS/SpectreX, AMS simulation flows, Calibre, and Matlab.
- Ability to independently drive complex design tasks and work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable communications).
- Experience in FinFET and GAA technologies.
- Experience with EM/IR analysis, self-heating characterization, and DFM practices.
- Laboratory validation experience including ESD practices and construction of test setups.
Education Requirements
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years related experience, or Master's degree plus 6 years related experience, or PhD plus 3 years related experience.
About the Company
Company: Cisco Systems
Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States
Cisco Systems is a global technology company that designs and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, software, and services. It provides enterprise and service-provider networking, security, collaboration, and optical communications solutions (including Acacia Communications technologies for high-speed optical interconnects).
