Image Sensor Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

eyeo; Antwerpen; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

eyeo, Antwerp, Belgium, is seeking a seasoned Image Sensor Mixed-Signal Design Engineer to lead top-level verification for complex mixed-signal SoCs. You will collaborate with analog IC designers, digital teams, and silicon bring‑up to define robust design methodologies and scalable verification flows.

The role demands deep expertise in mixed-signal verification, analog/digital integration, and full-custom digital design for mixed-signal systems.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or Physics or related field.
• 8+ years hands-on experience in CMOS image sensors or mixed-signal SoCs.
• Strong experience in mixed-signal IC design and verification.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital integration challenges.
• Expertise with mixed-signal simulation environments and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and execute top-level mixed-signal (analog/digital) verification environments for complex mixed-signal SoCs and IPs.
• Develop and maintain verification strategies covering analog, digital, and mixed-signal interactions.
• Ensure functional correctness and performance validation of mixed-signal systems across behavioral and transistor-level simulations.
• Drive regression methodologies and verification coverage for mixed-signal designs.
• Debug complex mixed-signal simulation and integration issues.
• Define, deploy, and align mixed-signal verification methodologies and simulation flows with the digital verification team.
• Establish scalable and reusable mixed-signal verification infrastructures.
• Improve simulation performance and convergence through appropriate abstraction and modeling techniques.
• Drive best practices for mixed-signal integration, verification, and model management.

Skills

Mixed-signal design

Verification

UVM

Verilog-A/Verilog

Analog-digital integration

Digital design

Scripting

Collaboration across teams

CMOS image sensors

Regression methodologies

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or Physics

Tools

Cliosoft SOS

Git

SVN

Job description

Job Title: Image Sensor Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

Location: Antwerp, Belgium

Reports To: Design Center Manager

About eyeo:

eyeo is an innovative, fast-growing start-up that brings groundbreaking technology in the image sensor space. Our advanced color splitter technology has the potential to disrupt a $25 billion market in the coming years, enabling transformative advancements across industries such as consumer electronics, automotive, medical imaging, and surveillance. You will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of our product offerings and contribute directly to our mission of revolutionizing the imaging technology sector. If you're passionate about driving innovation and want to build the future of imaging, we want you on our team!

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly skilled mixed-signal Design Engineer to lead top-level mixed-signal verification activities and drive the definition and deployment of robust mixed-signal design methodologies across analog and digital design teams.

The ideal candidate combines strong mixed-signal verification expertise with solid custom digital design experience and a deep understanding of analog/digital integration challenges from architecture definition through silicon bring-up.

This role requires close collaboration with analog IC designers, digital implementation teams, verification engineers, and silicon bring-up teams to ensure a seamless and scalable mixed-signal development flow.

Key Responsibilities

Mixed-Signal Verification

• Define, develop, and execute top-level mixed-signal (analog/digital) verification environments for complex mixed-signal SoCs and IPs.
• Develop and maintain verification strategies covering analog, digital, and mixed-signal interactions.
• Ensure functional correctness and performance validation of mixed-signal systems across behavioral and transistor-level simulations.
• Drive regression methodologies and verification coverage for mixed-signal designs.
• Debug complex mixed-signal simulation and integration issues.

Methodology and Flow Development

• Define, deploy, and align mixed-signal verification methodologies and simulation flows with the digital verification team.
• Establish scalable and reusable mixed-signal verification infrastructures.
• Improve simulation performance and convergence through appropriate abstraction and modeling techniques.
• Drive best practices for mixed-signal integration, verification, and model management.
• Participate in technology, supplier, and EDA tool evaluations and selection.

Full-Custom Digital Design

• Design and implement full-custom digital blocks used in mixed-signal systems, including:
• Sequencers
• Timing‑critical digital control logic
• Calibration and control state machines
• Collaborate with analog designers to optimize partitioning between analog and digital domains.
• Support synthesis‑independent custom digital implementations when required by performance or power constraints.

Modeling and Behavioral Development

• Develop and maintain analog behavioral models in Verilog‑A and Verilog.
• Create accurate and simulation‑efficient models for mixed-signal verification.
• Mentor and support analog designers in developing behavioral models and adopting mixed-signal verification methodologies.
• Promote modeling standards and reusable verification components across projects.
• Ensure verification environments are aligned with post‑silicon bring‑up and validation methodologies.
• Support silicon debug activities through model correlation and testbench reuse.
• Collaborate with validation and test engineers to improve observability and debug efficiency.

Qualifications

Education

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or Physics or related field.

Experience

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience in CMOS image sensors or mixed‑signal SoCs.
• Strong experience in mixed‑signal IC design and verification.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital integration challenges.
• Expertise with mixed‑signal simulation environments and methodologies.
• Strong experience with:
• AMS simulation flows
• Mixed‑signal verification methodologies
• Ability to work cross‑functionally with analog, digital, and validation teams.
• Experience with version control systems such as Cliosoft SOS, and Git or SVN.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with high‑speed ADCs, DACs and PLL and SerDes interfaces such as MIPI, LVDS.
• Experience with UVM and digital verification environments.
• Familiarity with silicon bring‑up and post‑silicon validation.
• Knowledge of low‑power and high‑performance mixed‑signal architectures.
• Experience defining or improving company‑wide mixed‑signal methodologies.
• Understanding of task estimation, planning, and development execution in collaborative engineering environments.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Development/Deployment (CD) flows and associated tools.

Soft Skills

• Creative and proactive mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, innovation‑driven start‑up environment.
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment to design quality and execution.

Why Join eyeo?

• Groundbreaking Technology: Work on transformative technology with the potential to disrupt a $25 billion market and change the future of image sensing.
• Early Impact: Your contributions will directly shape the company’s success, culture, and product offerings.
• Innovation: Be part of a start‑up that's pioneering new solutions in the imaging space and working on high‑impact, innovative products.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate, agile team where collaboration, trust, and innovation are at the heart of everything we do.
• Growth Opportunities: As eyeo scales, you’ll have opportunities to take on new challenges, responsibilities, and leadership roles within the company.