CareerPlan

Analog Mixed Signal Circuit Design

San Jose (Holger Way)Full-time$192k2026-07-17 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United States

Core

Design and deliver high-speed, high-linearity analog and SERDES circuit blocks for the Analog Front End (AFE) of automotive transceivers, including TX, RX, and clocking circuits.

Role type

Principal/Senior Principal hands-on IC circuit designer

Builds

High-speed PHYs and automotive transceiver chips

Domain

Automotive semiconductor / High-speed analog IC design

Required skills

High-speed TX/RX circuit design, PLL/DLL architecture, transistor-level simulation, PVT corner analysis, automotive robustness design, linearity/noise/jitter optimization, silicon bring-up and debug

Preferred skills

10GBASE-T, 10GBASE-T1, TDD-based transceivers, AEC-Q100, ISO 26262 functional safety concepts

Technologies

Advanced CMOS processes, SERDES, CTLE, PGA, slicers, line drivers, pre-drivers, output stages

Responsibilities

Architect and simulate analog circuit blocks for AFE, translate system requirements into block-level specs, optimize designs for performance and robustness, support silicon bring-up and validation, drive root-cause analysis for yield and reliability issues, mentor designers and lead technical reviews

Seniority

Principal/Senior Principal, hands-on IC with technical leadership