Analog IC Design Engineer, AMS

Lightmatter•Mountain View, CA

3h•$118,000 - $148,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Lightmatter is hiring an Analog IC Design Engineer to join its analog team, working at the intersection of silicon photonics and analog circuit design. The role collaborates with architects and engineers to develop analog and mixed-signal (AMS) solutions for next-generation optical and wireline communication systems. Work includes circuit design, feasibility studies, defining electrical requirements, simulation and verification, design reviews, layout and integration validation, test planning, and laboratory validation.

Requirements

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a similar field.
Experience designing analog and mixed-signal circuits.
Solid understanding of CMOS device characteristics, noise, mismatch, linearity, and design trade-offs.
Experience with the Cadence Design Environment.
Experience testing analog circuits in a laboratory environment.
Ability to work collaboratively with people across multiple functional areas.
Capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience interfacing with silicon photonics (MZM, Ring) or laser IC.
Experience in chip top-level design.

Responsibilities

Design AMS circuits used in control loops, including data converters, amplifiers, drivers, comparators, and bandgaps.
Support micro-architecture development with chip architects by conducting feasibility studies.
Collaborate with system, digital, analog, and photonics/laser design engineering teams to define electrical requirements.
Document design simulations and verifications for formal design reviews.
Drive block-level floorplanning, mask design views, and related reviews.
Run post-layout and mixed-signal top-level simulations to validate integration.
Define production and bench-level test plans.
Validate circuit performance in the laboratory.