Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer

Cisco

Analog/mixed-signal IC Design Engineer designing high speed ICs for optical communications products at Acacia. Collaborating with engineering teams to architect and implement advanced CMOS designs.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeSan Jose • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $168,800 - $241,200 per yearWebsite

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Hard Skills

design of high speed ICssimulation of high speed ICsmeasurement of high speed ICshigh speed serial linksoutput driversphase locked loopsclock transmissionopampsprogrammable gain amplifiersequalization techniques

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringproblem solvingpeer reviewleadership

Tools & Technologies

Cadence VirtuosoSpectreAPSCalibreEMXMatlab

Industry Keywords

ASIC designmixed-signal designFinFET technologyGAA technologydesign for manufacturabilityelectromigration analysisself-heating analysisIR drop analysislaboratory validationESD practices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with other Acacia mixed-signal engineers to provide optimized design that will integrate into the ASIC
Interact with other Acacia groups including digital/DSP design, system design, package design, and module design
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
Solve difficult problems and push the boundaries of high-speed AMS circuits

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
Experience in design, simulation and measurement of high speed ICs in at least 3 of the areas listed below:
* High Speed Serial Links utilizing serializers, deserializers, and data convertors
* Modeling requirements for system link simulations
* High Performance Output Drivers
* High Performance Phase Locked Loops
* Efficient clock transmission/propagation
* Opamps and Programmable Gain Amplifiers
* Equalization techniques
Experience with electrical transceiver applications including backplane and cable communications
Experience in FinFET and GAA technologies
High-frequency layout experience including floorplaning (power/ground, digital/analog signal routing), passives components (inductors, transformers, and transmission-lins)
Experience in design for manufacturability including characterization over PVT, electromigration analysis, self-heating, and IR drop analysis
Experience in laboratory validation including ESD practices/methodology and construction of test setups
Experience in design software including Cadence (Virtuoso), Specture/APS/SpectreX, layout validation tools (Virtuoso and Calibre), EMX, mixed-signal simulations in AMS, and Matlab

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Flexible vacation time off program
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer