Principal Engineer, Mixed Signal Design Engineering
Core
Full ownership of complex analog and mixed-signal circuit blocks for automotive high-speed Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) products, spanning concept to mass production.
Role type
Principal Engineer, Mixed Signal Design Engineering
Builds
High-performance SerDes circuits and mixed-signal SoCs for automotive applications
Domain
Semiconductor / Analog & Mixed-Signal IC Design / Automotive
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Transistor-level design and simulation, high-speed SerDes circuit design (equalizers, CDR, clock generation), architecture definition for NRZ/PAM-4/PAM-8, post-layout verification, silicon validation and debug, cross-functional collaboration, ESD-aware design, high-frequency signal integrity analysis
Preferred skills
Advanced packaging and interconnect parasitics evaluation, automated measurement scripting, root-cause analysis of performance deviations
Technologies
CMOS process technologies, VCOs, PLLs, phase interpolators, charge pumps, bandgap/bias circuits, EM-extraction workflows, automated test setups
Responsibilities
Transistor-level design and simulation of high-performance SerDes circuits, architecture definition for system-level signal chains, supervision of physical design and layout reviews, silicon validation and characterization of mixed-signal SoCs, cross-functional collaboration with digital design and manufacturing teams, participation in design reviews and support for quality/reliability teams
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC design with strategic oversight