Senior High-Speed Data Converter IC Designer (7nm+)

Encore Semi, Inc.; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 15 days per year

10 paid holidays per year

Medical benefits: 80% premiums for you

Dental & Vision: 50% premiums

Life Insurance, FSA, HAS

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Encore Semi, Inc. is seeking an experienced Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer to architect and tape out high-speed data converters for HPC, AI, and communications hardware. You will own the full design cycle from system architecture to post-silicon validation in advanced FinFET nodes.

Responsibilities include designing multi-GS/s ADC/DAC architectures, transistor-level circuits, calibration, and layout supervision, culminating in post-silicon bring-up and model-to-hardware correlation.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on high-speed data converter design and successful silicon tape-outs.
• FinFET expertise in advanced nodes (3nm, 5nm, 7nm).
• Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/PrimeSim, and Calibre PEX/Quantus proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design multi-GS/s ADC/DAC architectures (Time-Interleaved SAR, Pipeline, Flash, or RF-DACs).
• Deliver transistor-level circuits (track-and-hold, comparators, low-jitter clock paths, bias networks) in 7nm–3nm FinFET processes.
• Implement background/foreground digital calibration for offset, gain, timing skew, and linearity.
• Supervise layout to mitigate layout-dependent effects (LDE), parasitics, electromigration, and self-heating.
• Lead post-silicon lab bring-up, bench testing, and model-to-hardware correlation.

Skills

Analog/Mixed-Signal design

High-Speed ADC/DAC

FinFET design

Education

MS or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre/PrimeSim

Calibre PEX/Quantus

Job description

Encore Semi, Inc. is seeking an experienced Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer to architect and tape out high-speed data converters for HPC, AI, and communications hardware. You will own the full design cycle from system architecture to post-silicon validation in advanced FinFET nodes.

Responsibilities include designing multi-GS/s ADC/DAC architectures, transistor-level circuits, calibration, and layout supervision, culminating in post-silicon bring-up and model-to-hardware correlation.