Senior Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia

Job Title

Senior Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia

Role Summary

Join the Mixed-Signal IC design group developing high-speed (>25 Gb/s) and high-accuracy analog designs for optical transceivers used in data center, metro and long-haul telecommunications. The team integrates analog designs into ASICs and collaborates closely with digital/DSP, system, package and module design teams.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typical experience guidance: PhD +5 years, MS +8 years, or BSEE +12 years of relevant industry experience (or equivalent practical experience).

Responsibilities

The role leads design work for complex mixed-signal blocks from architecture through production and collaborates across engineering disciplines to meet signal and power integrity targets.

• Architect, design, layout, measure and productize ultra-deep-submicron CMOS mixed-signal ICs for optical transceivers.
• Lead large blocks on complex chips, mentor team members, track schedules and deliverables, and participate in peer reviews.
• Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity specifications.
• Develop high-speed analog/mixed-signal circuits and drive designs toward manufacturability and production readiness.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Design, simulation and measurement experience of high-speed ICs in at least three of the following areas: serializers/deserializers, data converters, voltage regulators, output drivers, phase-locked loops, clock transmission/propagation, op amps, programmable gain amplifiers, and equalization.
• Practical experience with high-speed analog/mixed-signal circuit development, lab validation and measurement.
• Proven ability to take a complex analog block from concept through silicon bring-up and production.

Nice-to-have (preferred) qualifications:

• Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable communications).
• Experience with FinFET technologies and high-frequency layout (passives, transmission lines, transformers).
• Floorplanning, custom transistor layout, and design-for-manufacturability experience.
• Familiarity with ESD laboratory practices and mixed-signal simulation tools (Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/APS/SpectreX, Matlab, EMX or similar).
• Experience with mixed-signal simulations in AMS and electromagnetic extraction workflows.

Education Requirements

Degree or equivalent experience required: Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with ~12+ years, Master’s (MS) with ~8+ years, or PhD with ~5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent practical experience. (Source lists degree-based experience combinations and allows equivalent 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).