Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
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Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Member of Acacia's Mixed Signal Design team responsible for architecting, designing, laying out, measuring and productizing ultra-deep sub-micron CMOS analog/mixed-signal circuits for high-speed optical transceivers.
Work in a small IC design group and collaborate with digital/DSP, system, package and module teams to meet signal and power integrity, timing, and manufacturability targets.
Experience Level
Senior level. The role requires substantial prior experience; see Education Requirements for the specific degree-plus-experience combinations (examples: Bachelors + 8 years, Masters + 6 years, PhD + 3 years).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include ownership of large mixed-signal blocks and delivery through tapeout and production.
- Architect, design, simulate, and layout high-speed analog/mixed-signal blocks for optical transceivers.
- Lead design efforts for large blocks, set technical direction, track deliverables and drive to production.
- Mentor junior engineers and participate in peer reviews to ensure robust design methodology.
- Collaborate with package, hardware and digital teams to meet signal, timing, and power integrity specifications.
- Develop lab validation plans and coordinate measurements to verify performance over PVT and other conditions.
Requirements
Must-have technical experience and key skills.
Must-have- Proven experience in design, simulation and measurement of high-speed ICs in at least three of these areas: high-speed serial links (serdes, serializers/deserializers, data converters), system link modeling, high-performance output drivers, phase-locked loops (PLLs), clock distribution/propagation, op amps/programmable gain amplifiers, or equalization techniques.
- Experience developing high-speed analog/mixed-signal circuits and delivering silicon in ultra-deep sub-micron CMOS processes.
- Ability to own large blocks, lead designs, perform peer review, and mentor team members.
- Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable communications).
- Experience with FinFET or GAA technologies and high-frequency layout (floorplanning, routing, passives).
- Design-for-manufacturability experience: characterization over PVT, electromigration, self-heating, IR drop analysis.
- Laboratory validation experience including ESD practices and building test setups.
- Familiarity with design and simulation tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/SpectreX, Calibre, EMX, AMS mixed-signal flow, and MATLAB.
Education Requirements
Minimum combinations specified by the employer: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, Master's degree plus 6 years of related experience, or PhD plus 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).
