Senior Analog Design Engineer (Silicon Photonics)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States; hybrid work with time split between the assigned hirify.global site and off-site work

Annual salary: $141,910–$269,100 USD

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures silicon products, with the Integrated Photonics Solutions group focused on silicon photonics integration and high-volume optical connectivity solutions for data centers.

What you will do

• Architect, design, implement, and validate high-speed analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for optical interconnect products.
• Define circuit architectures that meet power, performance, and functionality requirements for next-generation optical links.
• Lead block-level design and collaborate with digital, multidisciplinary, and cross-functional teams from concept through production.
• Design low-voltage, low-power circuits including amplifiers, drivers, equalizers, PLLs, phase interpolators, and clock and data recovery circuits.
• Plan design activities while balancing performance, schedule, and quality objectives.
• Develop post-silicon test and characterization plans and maintain design specifications, reviews, and technical reports.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 4+ years of industry experience, or a PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience designing high-speed circuit blocks for data rates of 32 Gbps and above.
• Experience designing inductors, transmission lines, transimpedance amplifiers, and optical modulator drivers.
• Strong expertise in high-speed serial link design and analog CMOS/BiCMOS circuits using deep-submicron process technologies.
• Experience with full-chip integration, ESD design considerations, and verification methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with optical communication systems and 400G, 800G, or 1.6T optical links.
• Experience with package design, test setup development, ADCs, DACs, PAM4, and NRZ link architectures.
• Strong understanding of mixed-signal design methodologies and flows.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model combining on-site and off-site work.
• Health, retirement, and vacation benefits.
• Competitive pay and stock bonuses.
• Ethical hiring practices with no recruitment, medical examination, or other employment fees.