(Mid/Sr/Princ) Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer (SerDes)

Thrive Recruitment Agency; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Mid/Sr/Princ Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer specializing in SerDes to drive innovative analog architecture for AI applications. The ideal candidate should have a Master's or PhD with relevant experience, expertise in high-speed data converters, and excellent communication skills to collaborate with various domain experts. This role is crucial for enhancing system performance through advanced analog techniques and defining specifications for design and verification.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience for Masters or 3+ years for PhD in related areas.
• Expertise in high-speed data converter architectures and ultra-low-power analog circuits.
• Experience with advanced SERDES and digitally assisted analog circuits.
• Ability to architect solutions with noise, linearity, and silicon-area trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Drive top-down architectural analysis of AMS systems.
• Enhance system performance using digitally assisted analog techniques.
• Define design specifications and verification plans.
• Enhance system performance with digitally assisted analog techniques.
• Develop signal processing/calibration algorithms for mixed-signal systems.
• Drive transistor-level feasibility studies for AMS circuits.
• Define design specs, verification plans, and test plans.

Skills

Data converter architectures and design trade-offs

Low-power and high-precision analog techniques

AMS design flows and chip assembly techniques

Excellent communication skills

AMS design flows

Transistor-level feasibility

Noise, linearity, power, area trade‑os

Cross-domain collaboration

Education

Masters Degree in related field

PhD in related field

Job description

Mid/Sr/Princ Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer (SerDes)

Job Openings (Mid/Sr/Princ) Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer (SerDes)

About the job

In this role you will drive the innovative, high-speed analog architecture for low-power, high-performance Analog/Mixed-Signal solutions customized for AI application.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Top-down architectural analysis of AMS systems.
• Develop understanding of the digital and photonics subsystem and associated requirements on the Analog/Mixed-Signal solutions sub system.
• Utilize knowledge general concepts of high-performance analog design and compare various topologies that best fit the Analog/Mixed-Signal solutions architecture to support AI application requirements.
• Enhance system performance using digitally assisted analog techniques and appropriate partitioning of analog and digital circuits.
• Develop signal processing and calibration algorithms for mixed-signal systems.
• Drive transistor-level feasibility study for various AMS circuits.
• Define design specifications and verification plans.
• Define production and bench-level test plans.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires Masters Degree with 6+ years of experience in related areas of expertise or PhD with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with architecture, design, and production expertise in the following areas:
• High-speed data converter architectures and circuits. Ultra-low-power analog circuits.
• Advanced SERDES.
• Digitally assisted analog circuits.
• You should be highly skilled in the following areas:
• Data converter architectures and design trade-offs. Low-power and high-precision analog techniques.
• Architect circuit solutions that achieve challenging noise, linearity, power consumption, and silicon area requirements.
• AMS design flows and chip assembly techniques.
• Working with design, layout, and production test engineers.
• Excellent communication skills are necessary to work with multiple domain experts, such as digital/VLSI, AI/ML, Photonics, and packaging.