Senior Electrical Engineer - Analog/Mixed Signal

Analog Photonics; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog Photonics, based in Boston, is seeking a skilled hardware design engineer for our automotive LiDAR program. The role focuses on capturing electrical requirements, designing and testing complex mixed-signal PCBs, and mentoring junior engineers in a fast-growing startup.

The candidate will work with FPGA, high-speed interfaces, and electro-optics know-how, collaborating across disciplines to advance silicon photonics LiDAR solutions on-site in Boston.

Qualifications

• BS Electrical Engineering with 7+ years or MS with 5+ years of experience.
• Hands-on engineering and prototyping skills.
• Schematic capture and layout of analog, mixed signal and high-speed designs (Altium preferred).
• Knowledge of SPICE, Matlab or other simulation programs.

Responsibilities

• Capture electrical requirements and design/testing of mixed-signal PCBs.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate across disciplines.
• Work on high-speed analog/digital interfaces and FPGA-based designs.
• Develop for automotive LiDAR systems.

Skills

Low-noise circuit design

High-speed ADCs/DACs

FPGA design

Control systems

Board prototyping

System integration

Schematic capture

Education

BS Electrical Engineering

MS Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

SPICE

MATLAB

Job description

Analog Photonics is a Boston based technology company with expertise in advanced, large-scale and high-performance photonic and electronic application-specific integrated circuits. We use our proprietary silicon photonic platform to serve the automotive lidar and data communications markets with innovative, chip-scale solutions. Analog Photonics has developed a portfolio of state-of-the-art silicon photonics-based designs including the world's best optical phased arrays. Our designs are fabricated in a 300mm CMOS foundry using a proprietary photonics platform that is optimized for low cost, high reliability, and high yield.

Overview

We’re seeking a self-starting hardware design engineer for our automotive LiDAR business area. As a Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for capturing electrical requirements, designing/testing complex mixed-signal PCBs, mentoring junior engineers, and interfacing with engineers in other disciplines to develop the system.

The candidate brings technical experience in digital design, analog design, low-noise design, experience with FPGAs, experience in controls, and some knowledge of electro-optics or photonics. This person is also an effective communicator, keeps an open mind, and is interested in both learning from and teaching colleagues who are experts in their field.

Join our team if you are:

• interested in working in a fast-growing early-stage startup
• enthusiastic about working on disruptive silicon photonics to shape the automotive LiDAR space
• a team player who thrives working in a dynamic environment

Skill Requirements

• Design and test of low-noise circuits
• Experience with high-speed ADCs and DACs
• Experience with FPGAs
• Basic knowledge of control systems
• Managing manufacturing and production of boards and modules
• Experience designing complex systems despite risk and uncertainty

Required Qualifications:

1. Strong hands-on engineering and prototyping skills
2. Schematic capture and layout of analog, mixed signal and high-speed designs (Altium preferred)
3. Comfortable identifying and choosing ICs as well as guiding architecture decisions
4. Knowledge of SPICE, Matlab or other simulation programs
5. BS Electrical Engineering 7+ years / MS Electrical Engineering 5+ years' experience

The ideal candidate will have experiences in several of these areas:

• Mixed signal PCB design
• Electro-optic systems, especially LiDAR
• Digital communication protocols, such as USB, Ethernet, RGMII/SGMII, I2C, SPI, UART, etc.
• Designing for and debugging FPGAs, especially Xilinx devices
• Digital signal processing

The position is full-time, on-site, and available to be filled immediately. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.