Senior Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia

Cisco Systems • San Jose, CA

139d

About The Position

Acacia designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G and 1T bit speed fiber optic transmission market deployed in data center, metro, long-haul and ultra-long haul telecommunication networks. We are Mixed-signal IC design group that develops high speed (>25Gb/s), and high accuracy, analog designs for optical communications products. We optimize design that will integrate into the ASIC. Our team interacts with other Acacia groups including digital/DSP design, system design, package design, and module design.

Requirements

• BSEE degree with 12+ years of experience or equivalent, or an MS degree with 8+ years of experience, or equivalent, or a PhD with 5+ years of experience, or equivalent.
• Design, simulation and measurement of high speed ICs in at least 3 areas including High Speed Serial Links utilizing serializers, deserializers, and data converters, voltage regulators, output drivers, phase locked loops, clock transmission/propagation, Opamps, programmable gain amplifiers, and equalization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with electrical transceiver applications including backplane and cable communications.
• Experience with FinFET technology.
• High-frequency layout experience a plus: Passive component design: inductors, transformers, transmission-lines, etc.
• Floorplanning (power/ground, digital/analog signal routing, etc.) experience.
• Custom transistor layout experience.
• Experience designing for manufacturability.
• Experience with ESD laboratory practices and methodology.
• Experience with Cadence (virtuoso), Spectre/APS/SpectreX, Matlab, EMX.
• Experience with mixed-signal simulations in AMS.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, layout, measure and productize ultra-deep sub-micron-based CMOS products.
• Lead efforts for a large block on a complex chip, mentor team members and track deliverables.
• Participate in peer review of complex IC designs and provide solid design methodology from conception to production.
• Collaborate with packaging and hardware design team to ensure signal and power integrity specifications are met.
• Develop high speed AMS circuits and best-in-class products that push the boundaries of what is possible.

Benefits

• Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Numerous wellbeing offerings.
• Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, including one floating holiday.
• Vacation time off policy with flexible limits for exempt employees.
• Sick time off policy with 80 hours provided on hire date and annually.
• Paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues.
• Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees