Senior Staff Analog Design Engineer - Multi-Gbps SerDes

Synopsys, Inc.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Total rewards package

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario is seeking an experienced analog/mixed-signal IC design engineer to drive SerDes IP architectures and deliver high-performance transceiver solutions.

You will translate standards into robust architectures, mentor teammates, and collaborate across analog, digital, and layout groups to optimize power, speed, and silicon quality. You will contribute to post-silicon improvements, support system teams, and help advance automation to raise productivity in a

Qualifications

• Advanced analog/mixed-signal IC design experience.
• Experience with high-speed SerDes architectures beyond 200 Gbps performance.
• Strong transistor-level design and system budgeting skills.

Responsibilities

• Define transceiver architectures and analog sub-block specs for NRZ and PAM4 IP.
• Develop circuit solutions to optimize power, area, speed, and robustness.
• Collaborate with analog, digital, and layout teams for design, verification, and implementation.
• Guide physical layout to minimize parasitics and process variation.
• Define and execute design and verification strategies using standard tools.
• Present results and design tradeoffs to teams and stakeholders.
• Document features, test plans, and results clearly.
• Support characterization and post-silicon improvements.
• Assist system team and develop automation to improve productivity and quality.

Skills

Analog design

DSP

Communications theory

Circuit modeling

Verilog-A modeling

SPICE simulation

Education

M.A.Sc. with 8+ years

PhD with 6+ years

Tools

SPICE

Verilog-A

Schematic entry

Physical layout

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario is seeking an experienced analog/mixed-signal IC design engineer to drive SerDes IP architectures and deliver high-performance transceiver solutions.

You will translate standards into robust architectures, mentor teammates, and collaborate across analog, digital, and layout groups to optimize power, speed, and silicon quality. You will contribute to post-silicon improvements, support system teams, and help advance automation to raise productivity in a