ASIC Design Manager - Santa Clara, CA, United States
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading the development of high-performance broadband ICs for optical communication from concept to production. The position focuses on physical layer ICs for high-speed fiber optic data communication, managing a team of analog design engineers.
What you'll do
- Lead the development of best-in-class ICs from concept to production.
- Oversee engineers to meet project schedules and provide hands-on technical leadership.
- Plan and manage evaluation of prototype silicon.
- Support IC qualification and transition to mass production.
- Collaborate with corporate cross-functional teams on advanced developments.
What you'll need
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering + 15 years of experience, or M.Sc. and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering + 10 years of experience.
- At least 5 years of related professional experience.
- IC tape-out and productization experience.
- Strong industry experience in at least one of the following areas: Coherent optical transceivers, Fiber optics communication, Wire-line RF transceivers, or SiGe Bicmos technology.
- Solid understanding of high frequency (40GHz+) IC design such as TIAs and Drivers.
- Solid understanding and experience in designing analog circuits in CMOS and SiGe BICMOS such as LDOs, Opamps, DACs, power detectors, VGAs.
- Good understanding of S-parameters, transmission lines, IC design techniques of broadband linear amplifiers and equalizers.
- Experience with Cadence IC design tools such as Virtuoso, Spectre, Spectre-RF, PVS, EMX, Quantus.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience in critical custom RF circuit layout.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with design of RFIC’s > 20GHz, 100GHz +.
- Understanding of wired and optical communication systems & signal processing (FFE equalizers, communication channel SNR analysis, PAM4, QPSK, 16QAM).
- Optical Coherent system knowledge.
- Basic understanding of optical devices (lasers, Mach-Zehnder modulators, EMLs, silicon photonics).
Skills: high-performance broadband ICs, RFIC, optical communication, SiGe Bicmos, analog circuits
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 67-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Analog Design
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Open roles in category
312
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Median days open
67 d
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Median salary
$151k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Coherent Corp | All employers we track in this specialty (312 roles · 50 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 312 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 4 | 1413 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 67 d (−67 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $151k |
Skills observed across this category: high-performance broadband ICs, RFIC, optical communication, SiGe Bicmos, analog circuits
Who's hiring in this category
- Texas Instruments · 39 open roles · median 67 d
- Analog Devices · 26 open roles · median 18 d
- Micron Technology · 25 open roles · median 75 d
- Renesas Electronics · 24 open roles · median 25 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 18 open roles · median 60 d
- onsemi · 15 open roles · median 116 d
How we counted: 312 open Analog IC Design (Analog Design) roles from 50 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.