Principal Analog IC Design Engineer, -Speed

Overview

Principal Analog IC Design Engineer, High-Speed – Lightmatter. Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.

Lightmatter is (re) inventing the future of computing with light.

Join a cutting-edge team at the forefront of silicon photonics and high-speed transceiver design. As a member of the analog team, you’ll collaborate with our architects and engineers to develop innovative high-speed analog transceiver solutions for next-generation optical and wireline communication systems.

• Design high-performance and high-speed AMS circuits with a focus on transceivers and broadband circuits interfacing with silicon photonics elements
• Investigate and evaluate new Analog & Mixed-Signal circuit topologies with chip architects
• Lead the discussions with multi-functional teams (system, digital, analog, photonics) to create and drive block-level specifications, mixed-signal implementations, and behavioral modeling
• Document design simulations and verifications towards formal design reviews
• Drive block-level floorplan, mask design views, and their reviews
• Run post-layout and mixed-signal top-level simulations to validate integration
• Define production and bench-level test plans
• Validate performances of the circuits in the lab
• Mentor junior design engineers

• MS with 12+ years of industry experience, OR Ph.D. with 10+ years of industry experience, in high-speed serial link for 20+ Gbps NRZ and PAM applications
• Experience designing Analog-Front-End blocks for Ser Des
• Experience and deep understanding of Tx/Rx equalization techniques and circuits
• Excellent understanding of CMOS device characteristics, noise, mismatch, linearity, and design trade-offs
• Proven experience working with system and architecture teams to drive block-level and IP requirements
• Experience in Analog Mixed Signal circuit modeling and performance evaluation (e.g., System Verilog, Matlab, Python, Verilog
  
  AMS)
• Experience with 3D Electro-Magnetic (EM) simulation tools
• Prior experience in leading or mentoring junior design engineers
• Ability to work collaboratively with people across multiple functional areas

• Experience interfacing with silicon photonic modulators (MZM, Ring)
• Experience with digitally assisted analog design concepts (e.g., background calibrations and adaptive loops)
• Hands-on design experience in advanced CMOS technologies, such as FinFET
• Successful track record in delivering analog/mixed-signal IPs with 1st-time success while meeting tight schedules

• Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Savings Matching Program
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Paid Family Leave
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Commuter Benefits
• Flexible, hybrid workplace model
• Equity grants (applicable to full-time employees)

Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.

• Seniority level:
  Not Applicable
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Industries
• Industries:
  Construction

Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.