Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)

Job Title

Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)

Role Summary

Design, prototype, measure and productize high-speed analog/mixed-signal (AMS) integrated circuits for optical transceivers. Work on the Acacia mixed-signal IC design team and collaborate with digital/DSP, system, package and module engineering groups to deliver production ASICs.

Focused, engineering-first role on high-speed communications products with emphasis on performance, manufacturability and lab validation.

Experience Level

Senior. See Education Requirements for the degree and years-of-experience combinations required for this role.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include ownership of substantial analog/mixed-signal blocks from concept through production and collaboration across disciplines to meet system-level requirements.

• Architect, design, layout and characterize high-speed AMS circuits (25 Gb/s and above) in deep-submicron CMOS processes.
• Lead design efforts for large, complex ASIC blocks; mentor junior engineers and track deliverables.
• Perform peer reviews, establish solid design methodology, and ensure designs meet production requirements.
• Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity specifications.
• Develop and execute laboratory validation, test setups and measurements for production qualification.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and domain experience. Degree and years guidance are in Education Requirements below and have been removed from this section.

• Proven experience in design, simulation and measurement of high-speed ICs covering at least three of the following areas:
• High-speed serial links (SERDES, serializers/deserializers, data converters)
• Modeling for system link simulations
• High-performance output drivers
• High-performance phase-locked loops (PLLs)
• Clock transmission and propagation techniques
• Operational amplifiers and programmable gain amplifiers
• Equalization techniques
• Experience with high-frequency layout including floorplanning, power/ground and analog/digital routing.
• Ability to move designs from concept to silicon and support characterization over PVT and manufacturing corner cases.

Nice-to-have / preferred:

• Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable communications).
• Experience with FinFET or GAA technologies.
• Design-for-manufacturability skills: electromigration, self-heating, IR drop analysis and characterization over PVT.
• Laboratory validation skills, ESD practices and construction of test setups.
• Familiarity with Cadence (Virtuoso), Spectre/SpectreX/APS, Calibre validation, EMX, mixed-signal AMS simulations and MATLAB.

Education Requirements

Minimum qualification specifies degree plus experience: Bachelor's degree + 8 years related experience, or Master's degree + 6 years related experience, or PhD + 3 years related experience. The posting does not specify particular fields of study or list professional certifications.

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).