Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer — Acacia
Cisco SystemsJob Title
Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer — Acacia
Role Summary
Join Acacia's IC Design team in San Jose to architect, design, and productize ultra-deep-submicron CMOS transceivers for high-speed fiber-optic and electrical applications. The role focuses on block-level mixed-signal design, verification, measurement, and cross-functional collaboration with packaging and hardware teams.
Hybrid position: three days per week onsite in San Jose, CA.
Experience Level
Senior — expects 7+ years of relevant experience. Typical equivalence provided: Bachelor's + 8 years, Master's + 6 years, PhD + 3 years.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include:
- Architect, design, layout, characterize, and productize CMOS high-speed ICs.
- Lead efforts for large blocks on complex chips, perform peer reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
- Define and apply robust design methodology from concept through production.
- Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity specifications.
Requirements
Key technical skills and experience required. Education and degree equivalence are summarized separately below.
- Proven experience designing, simulating, and measuring high-speed ICs across multiple areas (for example: high-speed serial links, high-performance output drivers, equalization techniques).
- Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable communications).
- High-frequency layout experience including floorplanning and passive component integration.
- Knowledge of design for manufacturability and laboratory validation practices.
- Proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and mixed-signal/AMS simulation flows.
- Familiarity with FinFET and GAA technologies (desirable).
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience. The posting allows equivalent practical experience in lieu of a degree where stated.
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).
