Principal Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

Principal Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

Location: Westlake Village, CA
Type: Direct Hire
Posted: Oct 10, 2024
Salary: $175,000 – $225,000 / yr
Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 2 days a week minimum in office

As a member of the design group, the candidate will be responsible for design and validation of FET and BiCMOS circuits for high-speed broadband ICs that serve these applications.

Seeking an RF and Analog Design Engineer to contribute to the development of multi-tens of GHz Transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs). These optical interface chips are tightly coupled with our high-performance equalizers. The results of our innovative designs have made our TIAs best in class for coherent long-haul and metro systems as well as PAM4 data center systems.

Responsibilities:

• Active circuit design as well as technical leadership.
• Design leading edge transimpedance amplifier design, primarily in Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS (Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) technology, where circuit performance will need to transcend beyond industry leading products.
• Develop transmission line structures and other millimeter wave structures to enable higher performance than would normally be achievable.
• Design of high-performance broadband analog circuits for optical front-end receivers.
• Design of various other analog circuits including linear regulators, AGC loop, current/voltage sensors, bandgaps, etc.
• Develop microarchitecture of major circuit blocks and guide a team of designers to implement them. Work with various technologies including SiGe BiCMOS and CMOS.
• Work with other functional groups to facilitate post-silicon validation, qualification, transition to mass production, and customer support.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in the areas of design of high-performance RF/Analog Receiver/TIA design and 10 - 15 years experience, or MSc EE or PhD EE with 5+ years of experience in the areas of design of high-performance RF/Analog Receiver/TIA design .

• Proven experience in IC design including chip tape-out and lab evaluation of receiver design working in the industry.
• Solid experience in:
  
  • Using EDA CAD tools
  • Performing Analog Custom Layout
• Experience in measuring IC performance and debugging design to correlate simulations to measurements.
• Deep understanding of fundamentals, including:
  
  • Detailed transistor level design
  • Device physics
  • Control/Feedback loop stability analysis
• Direct project experience in at least one of the following areas is a plus:
  
  • AGC loop design
  • High precision analog circuits (Including linear regulators, current sensors, bandgaps and DAC/ADC)
  • Experience in CTLE design
• Project experience in using different technologies (SiGe BiCMOS is a plus).
• A team-player.
• Experience in the following is a strong plus:
  
  • Overseeing and mentoring junior circuit designers
  • Experience as chip lead with success in silicon
  • Experience in taking chips to mass production
  • Ability to translate chip level specifications into architecture
• Strong communication, presentation and documentation skills.