Principal Mixed-Signal Architect: Data Converters (Equity)

K2 Space Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a Principal Mixed‑Signal Design Engineer, Data Converters to lead architecture and development of wideband, high‑performance data converters for advanced mixed‑signal SoCs. This hands‑on leadership role covers architecture to silicon validation, with ownership across the design lifecycle.

You will guide architecture decisions, calibrate and integrate converters, and mentor analog/mixed‑signal engineers while addressing challenges unique to FinFET technologies and

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field with significant industry experience in high‑performance analog/mixed‑signal IC design.
• Deep expertise designing GHz‑class and/or multi‑GS/s ADCs and DACs.
• Strong understanding of converter architectures such as SAR, pipeline, time‑interleaved, flash/folding, current‑steering DACs, and hybrid architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to translate system requirements into converter architectures and circuit‑level specifications.
• Strong experience with wideband analog/RF signal paths, sampling circuits, clocking, references, and low‑noise/high‑linearity circuit design.
• Experience designing high‑performance analog circuits in FinFET technologies.
• Strong understanding of converter impairments, including jitter, noise, distortion, mismatch, timing skew, interleaving errors, and calibration.
• Experience taking complex analog/mixed‑signal ICs from architecture through tapeout and silicon bring‑up.
• Deep proficiency with industry‑standard analog/mixed‑signal design, simulation, and verification tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design high‑speed, wideband ADCs and DACs targeting demanding RF and mixed‑signal applications.
• Lead converter architecture selection and trade studies, balancing bandwidth, sampling rate, resolution/ENOB, linearity, power, area, and implementation risk.
• Design supporting wideband analog front‑ends, including ADC input networks, track‑and‑hold/sampling circuits, DAC output stages, references, biasing, clocking, and calibration circuitry.
• Develop high‑performance circuits in advanced FinFET CMOS technologies and address the unique analog design challenges associated with deeply scaled nodes.
• Own designs from concept and behavioral modeling through transistor‑level implementation, layout, verification, and silicon characterization.
• Develop calibration and correction techniques for impairments and work closely with DSP/systems engineers on mixed‑signal algorithms.
• Define converter specifications and interfaces in collaboration with systems, RF, digital, package, and verification teams.
• Drive converter integration into complex mixed‑signal SoCs, including power, clocking, signal integrity, and physical implementation considerations.
• Help establish data‑converter design methodologies, IP, simulation infrastructure, and best practices from the ground up.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to analog and mixed‑signal engineers.

Skills

High-speed ADCs/DACs design

Converter architectures

SAR ADCs

Pipeline ADCs

Time-interleaved ADCs

DAC architectures

RF analog paths

Wideband analog design

Calibration techniques

Mixed-signal verification

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a Principal Mixed‑Signal Design Engineer, Data Converters to lead architecture and development of wideband, high‑performance data converters for advanced mixed‑signal SoCs. This hands‑on leadership role covers architecture to silicon validation, with ownership across the design lifecycle.

You will guide architecture decisions, calibrate and integrate converters, and mentor analog/mixed‑signal engineers while addressing challenges unique to FinFET technologies and