Senior Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 163,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking an Engineer - Hardware in Ottawa, Canada. The role involves architecting and designing cutting-edge CMOS products, leading innovative projects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have an advanced degree with substantial experience in high-speed IC design and strong leadership skills.

Benefits

Health benefits

Flexible vacation time

Paid holidays

Sick time off

Volunteer time off

Qualifications

• BSEE degree with 12+ years of experience, or MS degree with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years.
• Experience in design, simulation, and measurement of high speed ICs.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, layout, measure, and productize CMOS products.
• Lead efforts on complex chip designs and mentor team members.
• Collaborate with packaging and hardware design teams.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Design Methodology

Education

BSEE degree

MS degree

PhD

Tools

Cadence (virtuoso)

MATLAB

Spectre

Job description

Location:

Area of Interest

Engineer - Hardware

Compensation Range

163400 CAD - 205100 CAD

Job Type

Professional

Cloud and Data Center

Job Id

1443036

Application window is expected to close 6/28/25.

The application window is expected to close on 5/09/25. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Acacia designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G and 1T bit speed fiber optic transmission market deployed in data center, metro, long-haul and ultra-long haul telecommunication networks.

Meet the Team

We are Mixed-signal IC design group that develops high speed (>25Gb/s), and high accuracy, analog designs for optical communications products. We optimize design that will integrate into the ASIC. Our team interacts with other Acacia groups including digital/DSP design, system design, package design, and module design.

Your Impact

• You will architect, design, layout, measure and productize ultra-deep sub-micron-based CMOS products.
• You will lead efforts for a large block on a complex chip, mentor team members and track deliverables, participate in peer review of complex IC designs and provide solid design methodology from conception to production.
• You will also collaborate with packaging and hardware design team to ensure signal and power integrity specifications are met.
• You will develop high speed AMS circuits and best-in-class products that push the boundaries of what is possible.
• BSEE degree with 12+ years of experience or equivalent or an MS degree with 8+ years of experience, or equivalent or a PhD with 5+ years of experience, or equivalent
• Design, simulation and measurement of high speed ICs in at least 3 areas below:

High Speed Serial Links utilizing serializers, deserializers, and data convertors, voltage regulators, output drivers, phase locked loops, clock transmission/propagation, opamps, programmable gain amplifiers, and equalization

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with electrical transceiver applications including backplane and cable communications
• Experience with FinFET technology
• Experience with ESD laboratory practices and methodology
• Experience with Cadence (virtuoso), Spectre/APS/SpectreX, Matlab, EMX
• Experience with mixed-signal simulations in AMS

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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