About the role

Senior mixed-signal IC designer developing high-speed optical transceivers for Cisco’s networking infrastructure. Architecting CMOS circuits and leading complex ASIC blocks from design through production.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, lay out, measure, and productize ultra-deep sub-micron CMOS products
Develop high-speed and high-accuracy analog designs for optical communications products
Lead efforts for a large block on a complex chip
Mentor team members and track deliverables
Participate in peer reviews of complex IC designs
Provide design methodology from conception through production
Collaborate with packaging and hardware design teams to meet signal and power integrity specifications
Collaborate with mixed-signal, digital/DSP, system, package, and module design groups
Contribute to high-speed AMS circuits and optical communications products

Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 8 years of related experience, or PhD plus 5 years of related experience
Prior experience designing, simulating, and measuring high-speed ICs in at least three areas: SerDes/serial links, output drivers, PLLs, clock distribution, opamps/PGAs, or equalization techniques
Experience with electrical transceiver applications, including backplane and cable communications
Experience with FinFET and GAA technologies
High-frequency layout experience, including floorplanning, power/ground, digital/analog signal routing, inductors, transformers, and transmission lines
Experience with design for manufacturability, including PVT characterization, electromigration, self-heating, and IR drop analysis
Laboratory validation experience, including ESD practices/methodology and test setup construction
Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/APS/SpectreX, Virtuoso and Calibre layout validation tools, EMX, AMS mixed-signal simulations, and Matlab