Lead Analog Layout Design Engineer (SerDes)

Location: Cork, Ireland. Collaboration with global teams in US West Coast and East Coast time zones is required. Travel: >10%.

Company

hirify.global develops electronic design software, hardware, and IP for products ranging from chips and boards to complete systems.

What you will do

• Design high-speed SerDes for UCIe products at data rates up to 64 Gbps on leading-edge technology nodes, including 2nm FinFET CMOS.
• Create high-quality analog and mixed-signal layouts in collaboration with circuit designers.
• Manage the back-end flow from initial floor planning through detailed layout and final foundry design-rule verification.
• Provide technical leadership from block-level layout through PHY top-level integration and sign-off.
• Collaborate with layout designers, circuit designers, and project managers across global teams to deliver IP and test chips.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience in CMOS SerDes or high-speed I/O IC layout design and development.
• Layout experience with several SerDes circuit blocks, including drivers, receivers, serializers, deserializers, phase interpolators, low-jitter PLLs, high-speed clock distribution, bias and bandgap circuits, and voltage regulators.
• Experience implementing high-speed, high-accuracy cells, blocks, and IP blocks efficiently and to a high quality standard.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analog aptitude, communication skills, and ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• BEng, MEng, or PhD.

Nice to have

• hirify.global tool experience and design experience above 10 Gbps and in technologies below 16nm.
• Experience collaborating with Virtuoso and PVS R&D developers on layout editing and verification tools.
• Interest in evolving analog and custom layout design practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with global product, design, and R&D teams.
• Contribute to electronic design technologies used in consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G, automotive, aerospace, industrial, and healthcare applications.
• Equal employment opportunity and employment equity are supported throughout the organization.