Sr. Analog / Mixed Signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia
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About Acacia
Acacia develops intelligent, high-speed transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for 100G, 400G, and 1Tbit fiber optic transmission, deployed in data center, metro, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul telecom networks.
About Acacia
Acacia develops intelligent, high-speed transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for 100G, 400G, and 1Tbit fiber optic transmission, deployed in data center, metro, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul telecom networks.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop, architect, design, layout, measure, and productize ultra-deep sub-micron CMOS mixed-signal ICs (>25Gb/s) for optical communications.
* Lead major block design on complex chips, mentor team members and track deliverables.
* Participate in peer reviews, drive solid design methodology, and ensure production-readiness.
* Collaborate with packaging and hardware teams to meet signal and power integrity specs.
Collaboration
* Work closely with mixed-signal, digital/DSP, system, package, and module design teams.
* Participate in a supportive, collaborative engineering environment.
Who You Are
* Enthusiastic about high-speed AMS (Analog/Mixed-Signal) circuits.
* Detail-oriented, energetic, and committed to solving complex problems.
* Strong communicator and collaborator; open to feedback and proactive in team improvement.
Minimum Qualifications
* Degree/Experience:
* BSEE + 8 years, MS + 6 years, or PhD + 3 years (or equivalent)
Technical Experience (at least 3):
* High-speed serial links (serdes, data converters)
* Voltage regulators
* High performance output drivers
* High Performance Phase Locked Loops
* Efficient clock transmission/propagation
* Opamps or programmable gain amplifiers
* Equalisation techniques
Preferred Qualifications
* Transceiver/backplane/cable comms experience
* FinFET process experience
* High-frequency layout (inductors, transformers, transmission lines)
* Floor planning (power/ground, digital/analog routing)
* Custom transistor layout
Design for Manufacturability
* PVT (process-voltage-temp) characterization (Monte Carlo)
* Electromigration analysis (Totem or equivalent)
* Power and IR drop analysis
Lab Validation
* ESD practices and test setup construction
Software/Tools
* High-frequency test equipment (BERT, jitter analysers, VNA/PNA)
* Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/APS/SpectreX, Calibre, EMX
* Mixed-signal AMS simulation
* Matlab
* Track record of innovation (publications a plus)
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