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

Job Title

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

Role Summary

Hybrid role (three days per week in the San Jose, CA office) on the Mixed-Signal IC design team for Acacia. The team develops high-speed and high-accuracy analog/mixed-signal CMOS designs for optical transceivers used in 100G–1T networks.

Collaborate with digital/DSP, system, package and module teams to integrate designs into production ASICs.

Experience Level

Senior — experience expectations: PhD +5 years, MS +8 years, or BSEE +12 years (or equivalent practical experience).

Responsibilities

Deliver and lead development of high-speed AMS ICs from architecture through production.

• Architect, design, layout, measure and productize ultra-deep-submicron CMOS analog/mixed-signal blocks.
• Lead large-block design efforts, mentor engineers, manage deliverables and conduct peer reviews.
• Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity specifications.
• Develop and optimize high-speed AMS circuits (serial links, PLLs, data converters, regulators, amplifiers, equalizers).
• Support lab characterization, ESD practices, and design-for-manufacturability activities.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills; preferred/optional items listed separately.

• Design, simulation and measurement experience of high-speed ICs in at least three areas such as serializers/deserializers, data converters, voltage regulators, output drivers, PLLs, clock transmission/propagation, op-amps, programmable gain amplifiers, or equalization.
• Experience with AMS simulation flows and Cadence toolchain (Virtuoso, Spectre, SpectreX) and Matlab.
• High-frequency/custom transistor layout and floorplanning experience for mixed-signal designs.
• Experience with lab characterization and ESD laboratory practices and methodology.
• Proven ability to lead complex IC designs through to production and mentor junior engineers.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with FinFET technology, passive RF component design (inductors, transformers, transmission lines) and EM extraction tools (EMX).
• Experience with electrical transceiver applications (backplane and cable communications).

Education Requirements

BSEE with 12+ years of relevant experience, MS with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years of relevant experience — or equivalent practical experience. Field: Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline (implied).

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).