Senior Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer — Acacia (Hybrid)
Cisco SystemsJob Title
Senior Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer — Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Member of the mixed-signal IC design group developing high-speed and high-accuracy analog circuits for Acacia optical transceivers (100G, 400G, 1T) used in data center, metro and long-haul networks. The role leads design and productization of ultra-deep-submicron CMOS analog/mixed-signal blocks and coordinates across digital/DSP, system, package and module teams.
Experience Level
Senior engineer. Cisco's minimum experience guidance: BSEE +12 years, MS +8 years, or PhD +5 years of related experience (or equivalent practical experience).
Responsibilities
Design, verify, and deliver high-speed analog/mixed-signal IC blocks from concept to production. Key responsibilities include:
- Architect, design, lay out, measure and productize ultra-deep-submicron CMOS ICs.
- Lead the design effort for large/complex blocks, set design methodology and track deliverables.
- Mentor and review work of junior engineers; participate in peer design reviews.
- Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity targets.
- Perform silicon bring-up, laboratory characterization, and iterate designs based on measurements.
- Ensure designs meet manufacturability, ESD, and test requirements for production.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items are listed separately.
- Must-have: Proven track record designing, simulating, and measuring high-speed ICs in at least three of the following areas: high-speed serial links (serializers/deserializers, data converters), voltage regulators, output drivers, phase-locked loops, clock transmission/propagation, op amps, programmable gain amplifiers, and equalization.
- Must-have: Hands-on experience with layout, characterization, and productization of analog/mixed-signal circuits in advanced CMOS processes.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane/cable), FinFET technology, high-frequency layout and passive components (inductors, transformers, transmission lines).
- Nice-to-have: Floorplanning for power/ground and mixed-signal routing; custom transistor layout; design-for-manufacturability experience.
- Nice-to-have: ESD laboratory practices and methodology, mixed-signal simulation experience (Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/APS/SpectreX, AMS), Matlab, EMX or equivalent tools.
Education Requirements
Required: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with ~12+ years' related experience, or Master’s degree (MS) with ~8+ years, or PhD with ~5+ years — or equivalent practical experience. Fields: Electrical Engineering or closely related technical disciplines; equivalent professional experience accepted.
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).
