Analog/Mixed Signal Architect - Toronto, ON, Canada
$124,000 - $177,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 July 2026 by the employer — open 58 days.
About the role
This role involves architectural definition of analog and mixed-signal solutions for high-volume products. The architect will provide technical documentation and engage with cross-disciplinary engineering teams to model and analyze solutions.
What you'll do
- Propose innovative solutions for high-speed (50G and beyond) AMS circuit blocks custom to optical transceivers, such as drivers, TIAs, equalizers, ADC/DACs, PLLs, CDRs.
- Work closely with the analog engineering design team for performance, power, and area estimates of analog devices within Passage.
- Actively collaborate with the photonics engineering team to provide a high-bandwidth photonic interconnect solution.
- Author, review, and validate architectural specifications.
What you'll need
- PhD in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a discipline related to analog design.
- Experience in designing and testing optical front-end receivers and transmitters (TIAs, drivers), CTLE, DFE, ADC, DAC, oscillators, etc. in advanced CMOS.
- Power user of simulation tools Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Spectre, Verilog-A, IBIS-AMI simulators.
- Ability and desire to collaborate in a cross-disciplinary team.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills specifically pertaining to problems that do not have obvious solutions.
Nice to have
- Understanding of signal processing (i.e., equalization, digital signal processing, and coding) and signal integrity in optical communication.
- Experience in silicon photonic devices (Mach-Zehnder and microring modulators, thermally tuned components).
Skills: AMS circuit blocks, optical transceivers, ADC/DACs, PLLs, CDRs, photonics interconnect
This role has been open 57 days — well below the 79-day median for Mixed-Signal Design roles.
Mixed-Signal Design · Mixed Signal
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Open roles in category
173
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$178k
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| Metric | Lightmatter | All employers we track in this specialty (173 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 1 | 173 |
| Median days open | 57 d | 79 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: AMS circuit blocks, optical transceivers, ADC/DACs, PLLs, CDRs, photonics interconnect
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices · 25 open roles · median 117 d
- Infineon Technologies · 14 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA · 12 open roles · median 51 d
- SiTime · 11 open roles · median 169 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 55 d
- Microchip Technology · 8 open roles · median 168 d
How we counted: 173 open Mixed-Signal Design (Mixed Signal) roles from 44 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Figures refresh nightly.