Senior Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)

Cisco • San Jose, CA

5d • Hybrid

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.

Meet the Team

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.

Your Impact

You will architect, design, layout, measure and productize ultra-deep sub-micron-based CMOS products.
You will 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.
You will also collaborate with packaging and hardware design team to ensure signal and power integrity specifications are met.
You will develop high speed AMS circuits and best-in-class products that push the boundaries of what is possible.

Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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 below: 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

• U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior