Analog Layout Engineer (Lead)

Kandou AI; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kandou AI in Reading is seeking an Analog Layout Engineer (Lead) to drive custom analog layout, verification, and IP integration for high-speed communication links across advanced nodes. You will collaborate with design teams and customers to implement robust, energy-efficient layouts.

The role requires expertise in HF/RF analog blocks, layout techniques for high-speed circuits, and experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/HSpice, and Calibre.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in custom analog layout of circuits and blocks for multi-Gigabit serial data-link transceivers or HF/RF circuits.
• Must have expertise in layout of high-speed/frequency circuits like amplifiers, oscillators, phase-locked loops, delay-locked loops, and other building blocks (biasing, buffers, regulators, filters, data converters).
• Understanding of layout approaches and techniques for high-speed circuits, matching constraints, minimization of parasitics, power grids and ESD requirements.
• Experience on modern semiconductor process technologies including 28nm, 14/16nm, 7nm.
• User of EDA tool for design and verification like Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/HSpice, Calibre/PVS DRC/LVS, parasitics extraction and modelling, EM, and IR drop, ESD, etc.

Responsibilities

• Position in custom layout and verification of analog circuits, cells, blocks, and IP for multi-Gigabit high speed chip-to-chip communication links (SerDes up to and beyond 28Gb/s and/or memory IO) in advanced semiconductor technology nodes.
• Layout and verification of very high-speed analog circuits.
• Interact closely with the design team to understand requirements and implement solutions.
• Support IP and chip level integration.
• Support and interact with customers on requirements, and IP delivery.
• Exposure to flip-chip package technologies.

Skills

Self-motivated

Good communicator

Team player

Workload management

Semiconductor physics

Education

Graduate in E.E.

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre/HSpice

Calibre/PVS

Job description

At Kandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is to democratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of hardware systems — a critical barrier to scalable adoption.

Our proprietary MIMO-over-copper technology powers a high-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabric that is both scalable and energy-efficient. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solution reduces power consumption significantly while preserving high bandwidth and ultra-low latency — unlocking unprecedented efficiency for AI training and inference at scale.

Kandou’s architecture is not just an incremental improvement — it’s a foundational shift in how AI hardware is built for the future.

Job title: Analog Layout Engineer (Lead)

Location: EU/CH/UK

Responsibility

• Position in custom layout and verification of analog circuits, cells, blocks, and IP for multi-Gigabit high speed chip to chip communication links (SerDes up to and beyond 28Gb/s and/or memory IO) in advanced semiconductor technology nodes

• Layout and verification of very high-speed analog circuits

• Interact closely with the design team to understand requirements and implement solutions

• Support IP and chip level integration

• Support and interact with customers on requirements, and IP delivery

• Exposure to flip-chip package technologies

Experience

• Must have experience in custom analog layout of circuits and blocks for multi-Gigabit serial data-link transceivers or HF/RF circuits

• Must have expertise in layout of high-speed/frequency circuits like amplifiers, oscillators, phase-locked loops, delay-locked loops, and other fundamental building blocks like biasing, buffers, regulators, filters, data converters, etc.

• Understanding of layout approaches and techniques for high-speed circuits, matching constraints, minimization of parasitics, power grids and ESD requirements

• Experience on modern semiconductor process technologies including 28nm, 14/16nm, 7nm

• User of EDA tool for design and verification like Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/HSpice, Calibre/PVS DRC/LVS, parasitics extraction and modelling, EM, and IR drop, ESD, etc.

Skills

• Self-motivated, with strong sense of ownership and responsibility. Good communicator and team player

• Manage workload and schedules and report to internal management team

• Background in Semiconductor Physics

Education

• Graduate in E.E.