Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)

Job Title

Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)

Role Summary

Join Acacia's mixed-signal IC team developing high-speed analog designs for optical transceivers used in data center and telecom networks. The role focuses on architecting, designing, laying out, measuring and productizing ultra-deep sub-micron CMOS analog/mixed-signal blocks for 25Gb/s and higher link speeds.

This hybrid role works on-site in San Jose three days per week and collaborates with digital/DSP, system, package and module teams to integrate AMS blocks into complex ASICs.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 8+ years of relevant experience; lesser years may be acceptable with advanced degrees or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver high-speed analog/mixed-signal IC blocks from concept through production in a small, collaborative IC design team.

• Architect, simulate, layout and verify high-speed AMS circuits and blocks for optical transceivers.
• Lead a large block on complex chips; set technical direction and track deliverables.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in peer reviews to ensure robust design methodology.
• Collaborate with package, hardware and system teams to meet signal and power integrity targets.
• Hands-on lab measurement, characterization and productization of ICs; support test setup and validation.
• Ensure designs meet manufacturability and reliability constraints (PVT, EM, IR drop, self-heating).

Requirements

Must-have technical experience and skills. Preferred items listed as nice-to-have.

• Must-have: Experience designing, simulating and measuring high-speed ICs in at least three of the following areas: serializers/deserializers and data converters, high-performance output drivers, phase-locked loops, clock distribution, opamps/programmable gain amplifiers, and equalization techniques.
• Must-have: Practical experience with mixed-signal simulation and layout verification tools (examples in preferred section).
• Nice-to-have: Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable).
• Nice-to-have: Experience with FinFET/GAA technologies, high-frequency floorplanning and passive components (inductors, transformers, transmission lines).
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with design-for-manufacturability, characterization over PVT, electromigration/IR-drop analysis, ESD practices, and building lab test setups.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/APS/SpectreX, Calibre, EMX, AMS mixed-signal simulation flows and MATLAB.

Education Requirements

Posting specifies degree-plus-experience combinations: Bachelor's degree with 8+ years related experience, Master's with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years of 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).