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Senior Principal Engineer – Hardware Chip Lead, Connectivity BU

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $182,360–$273,200🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead end-to-end hardware design and program delivery for advanced optical DSP ASICs serving hyperscale data center, enterprise, and AI infrastructure markets.

Role type

Senior Principal Hardware Chip Lead (IC)

Builds

Multi-terabit retimers, coherent DSP devices, and high-speed optical transceivers

Domain

Semiconductor / Optical Communications / High-Speed Interconnects

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

SoC/ASIC architecture, high-speed SerDes (100G+/lane), mixed-signal design, advanced CMOS nodes (2nm/3nm/5nm), RTL design, physical design, DFT, STA, silicon bring-up, ATE test program development, cross-functional team leadership

Preferred skills

optical DSP, coherent/direct-detect transceiver architectures, high-speed retimer products, eAVS power optimization, SiPho integration

Technologies

TSMC 2nm/3nm/5nm, SerDes, RTL, DFT, STA, ATE

Responsibilities

Define product requirements and bring-up specs, represent hardware at program milestones, coordinate cross-functional teams, lead chip design execution from architecture to tape-out, manage silicon bring-up and validation, mentor engineering talent

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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