Principal Analog Mixed Signal ASIC Layout Engineer (CMOS)

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; mandatory on-site work

Salary: $95,000–$245,000 base salary per year

Company

hirify.global is an independent, nonprofit research and development company delivering engineering solutions for national security, biomedical engineering, and space applications.

What you will do

• Create custom analog mixed-signal ASIC layouts from schematics and perform chip-level floor planning.
• Design and simulate transistor-level circuits and contribute to system-level architectures.
• Optimize hardware designs for performance, power, and cost while evaluating complex algorithm requirements.
• Perform physical layout and simulate extracted parasitics, including debugging physical verification issues.
• Drive solutions to complex and changing technical requirements across disciplines.
• Develop design specifications, contribute to proposals, and mentor less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 5–7 years of ASIC hardware engineering experience with a bachelor’s degree, 3–5 years with a master’s degree, or 0–2 years with a PhD.
• Proficiency in integrated circuit design, semiconductors, computer architecture, mathematics, and technical documentation.
• Experience implementing analog designs in full-custom layout, including PLLs, DACs/ADCs, high-speed SerDes, bandgaps, and ESD/IO.
• Experience with low-power design, advanced CMOS nodes below 32 nm, radiation-hardened electronics, and physical verification methodologies such as DRC, LVS, and PM.
• Ability to work on site in Cambridge and obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with FinFET, GAAFET, photonics, 22 nm to 7 nm and below processes, reticle design, or MPW aggregation.
• Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Pegasus, ModGen, autorouter, EAD, Innovus, Siemens Calibre, and Keysight SOS.
• Experience with SKILL, SVRF, Tcl, Linux, Git, SVN, or other automation and revision-control tools.
• Experience with top-down floor planning, abstract/LEF data transfer, and mentoring engineers.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative multidisciplinary work across engineering and scientific teams.
• Workplace flexibility programs and initiatives supporting work-life balance.
• Employee clubs, including photography and yoga.
• Health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.