Analog and Mixed Signal Design Engineer

AMETEK; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Forza Silicon, a unit of AMETEK, is seeking a Sensor Design Engineer specializing in CMOS image sensors. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will plan, manage, and oversee detailed analog/mixed-signal sensor design from specification to tapeout and silicon bring‑up, collaborating across customers and foundries.

You will lead architecture and circuit design, verify with modern EDA tools, and guide a design team through full development cycles, ensuring high-performance, low-noise imaging

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of practical analog/mixed-signal design experience in image sensors or related fields.
• Expert-level transistor-level circuit design, simulation, and verification using modern EDA tools such as Cadence, Siemens, Synopsys, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of ADC architectures used in image sensor readout applications.
• Experience with noise analysis, transistor and capacitor matching, and identifying sources of error in analog ICs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all phases of sensor development, including specification, design, tapeout, testing, and transition to product.
• Develop sensor architectures and detailed designs that meet customer and product requirements.
• Perform detailed circuit analysis, design, simulation, layout, and verification of mixed-signal circuits.
• Ensure designs are executed efficiently and in accordance with technical specifications and project schedules.
• Partner with customers to understand application requirements and translate them into detailed sensor specifications.
• Communicate technical requirements, design status, performance expectations, and project updates to customers and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to execute designs and resolve technical challenges.
• Interface with foundry partners to understand process technologies and support successful design implementation.
• Manage pixel design activities and evaluate pixel performance throughout development.
• Oversee tapeout and fabrication activities to ensure design readiness and successful execution.
• Work with test engineering teams to develop test hardware and test plans.
• Support chip bring-up, characterization, analysis, and validation of silicon performance.

Skills

Analog design

Mixed-signal design

Image sensors

EDA tools

Team leadership

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S./Ph.D. preferred

Tools

Cadence

Siemens

Synopsys

Job description

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this role is responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing detailed sensor design and analysis for custom CMOS image sensors. The position spans all phases of the design cycle, including specification development, architecture, circuit design, simulation, layout, verification, silicon bring-up, testing, and customer engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all phases of sensor development, including specification, design, tapeout, testing, and transition to product.
• Develop sensor architectures and detailed designs that meet customer and product requirements.
• Perform detailed circuit analysis, design, simulation, layout, and verification of mixed‑signal circuits.
• Ensure designs are executed efficiently and in accordance with technical specifications and project schedules.

Customer & Technical Collaboration

• Partner with customers to understand application requirements and translate them into detailed sensor specifications.
• Communicate technical requirements, design status, performance expectations, and project updates to customers and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to execute designs and resolve technical challenges.

Foundry & Product Realization Support

• Interface with foundry partners to understand process technologies and support successful design implementation.
• Manage pixel design activities and evaluate pixel performance throughout development.
• Oversee tapeout and fabrication activities to ensure design readiness and successful execution.
• Work with test engineering teams to develop test hardware and test plans.
• Support chip bring‑up, characterization, analysis, and validation of silicon performance.

Requirements

Education

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering required.
• M.S. or Ph.D. preferred.

Technical Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of practical analog/mixed‑signal design experience in image sensors or related fields.
• Expert-level experience with transistor‑level circuit design, simulation, and verification using modern EDA tools such as Cadence, Siemens, Synopsys, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of ADC architectures used in image sensor readout applications.
• Experience with: Bandgap references and bias circuits, operational amplifiers, switched‑cap circuits, LDOs, PLLs, SERDES, high‑speed TX, feedback and compensation techniques
• Strong expertise in noise analysis, transistor and capacitor matching, and identifying sources of error in analog integrated circuits.
• Experience across the complete mixed‑signal IC design flow, including DFT, timing analysis, top‑level chip integration, tapeout, and silicon bring‑up.
• Prior experience leading a design team is highly preferred.

Professional Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision‑making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI‑generated outputs.

About

Forza Silicon is a Business Unit in the Materials Analysis Division of AMETEK, Inc. Founded in 2001, Forza Silicon has established itself as an innovator and industry leader in the field of mixed‑signal IC and CMOS imaging designs that have set the standard of the possible. Forza Silicon designs custom and off‑the‑shelf CMOS image sensors for high‑speed, low‑noise, and specialty applications across aerospace, defense, medical, industrial, scientific and media markets. Leveraging decades of experience, we deliver advanced imaging solutions enabling customers to push beyond conventional sensor performance. Forza has grown to where today the company employs one of the industry’s largest and most experienced independent CMOS imaging engineering teams.

To learn more about Forza Silicon, please go to www.forzasilicon.com.

Compensation

Employee Type: Salaried

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: 120,000

Salary Maximum: 160,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

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