Mixed Signal Design Engineer

Acceler8; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is seeking an Analog / Mixed-Signal IC Designer for a Berkeley, CA-based photonic compute startup. This fully onsite role focuses on front-end circuits interfacing electronic and photonic hardware, including TIAs, DACs/ADCs and drivers.

You will own the design through tape-out, collaborate with photonics teams, and drive characterization and debug of silicon to meet performance targets.

Qualifications

• Strong analog / mixed-signal IC design experience.
• Hands-on ownership of circuits through tape-out and measured silicon.
• Experience with TIAs, data converters, drivers or related front-end blocks.
• Strong circuit fundamentals across noise, bandwidth, linearity and power.
• Comfort working closely with photonics and system-level teams.

Responsibilities

• Own front-end analog/mixed-signal circuits from design to tape-out.
• Design TIAs, drivers, DACs/ADCs and related front-end blocks for photonic compute hardware.
• Collaborate with photonics and system teams to ensure integration with optical circuits.
• Characterize, debug and bring-up silicon post-tape-out.

Skills

Analog IC design

Tape-out

Front-end blocks

Schematic layout

TIAs

Job description

Analog / Mixed-Signal IC Designer | Photonic Compute | Berkeley, CA

Want to design the electronics that interface directly with next-generation photonic compute hardware?

I’m working with a fast-growing photonic computing startup building optical-electronic systems for AI acceleration.

They’re hiring anAnalog / Mixed-Signal IC Designerto own key front-end circuits connecting the electronic and photonic domains.

You’ll work across:

• TIAs, drivers, DACs and ADCs
• Analog front-end architecture and transistor-level design
• Schematic, simulation, layout and tape-out
• Mixed-signal integration with photonic circuits
• Silicon bring-up, characterization and debug

What the team are ideally looking for:

• Stronganalog / mixed-signal IC designexperience
• Hands-on ownership of circuits throughtape-out and measured silicon
• Experience withTIAs, data converters, drivers or related front-end blocks
• Strong circuit fundamentals acrossnoise, bandwidth, linearity and power
• Comfort working closely withphotonics and system-level teams

Berkeley, CA | Fully onsite

$180K–$220K base + equity

If your background sits at the intersection ofanalog IC design, mixed-signal circuits and high-speed hardware, I’d love to hear from you.