Principal Electro-Optical IC Design Engineer
Lightmatter
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate with our product development teams (system, packaging, digital, photonics) to translate system-level requirements into electrical design specifications down to the block and micro-architecture level
- Working closely with our system-level architects, contribute to circuit-level assessments and design tradeoffs for high-performance electro-optic data links
- Design of high speed data rate communications blocks including electrical SerDes, sub-components such as PLLs, CDRs, digital or analog equalizers and optical transceivers
- Work closely with the physical design group to integrate analog IP at the chip level
- Define and run top-level verification and modeling of analog and mixed-signal systems from behavioral model to transistor level
- Define test plans (validation/characterization/debug)
- Mentor junior engineers
- BSEE minimum, PhD preferred with 12+ years of analog and mixed-signal design experience
- Hands-on experience with the design of high-performance low-noise linear TIAs and drivers for silicon photonics modulators at 112G and 224G PAM-4 data rates
- Hands-on experience with link budget modeling and tradeoffs for electro-optical links
- Experience with developing mixed-signal products based on advanced FinFET foundry process nodes
- Hands-on experience with Cadence design tools for circuit design and simulation including corner and Monte-Carlo simulations
- Experience with multiple successful mixed-signal product designs released into volume production meeting target performance and yield requirements
- Excellent understanding of design and layout techniques to optimize for speed, power including minimizing noise and crosstalk in high-performance circuits
- Excellent understanding of noise, jitter, layout parasitics, mismatch, and design tradeoffs
- Fluency in English Language, both written and verbal
- Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- 401k matching
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Paid Family Leave
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
- Stock Option Plan