High Speed DAC Design Expert - CA, San Jose, United States
Originally posted 27 May 2026 by the employer — open 105 days. Relisted by the employer on 11 August 2026.
About the role
This role focuses on analog/mixed-signal circuit design and architecture for high-performance electrical and optical transceivers in advanced CMOS PDKs.
What you'll do
- Own performance-critical analog mixed-signal circuit blocks used in Serdes, such as high-speed data converters (DAC and ADC), clocking (reference clock, PLL, clock dividers, mixers, buffers, regulators, multi-phase clock generators, error detection and correction), and analog front-end circuits (pad matching networks, ESD, CTLE, linear amplifier).
- Define circuit-driven micro-architectures of Tx and Rx subsystems and drive sub-block level specs.
- Own power, performance, area, and jitter budgets of analog design blocks.
- Mentor sub-block owners and conduct peer reviews of design and verification results.
- Work with pre-tapeout verification and post-silicon validation teams to bring up silicon and analyze silicon results.
What you'll need
- Strong background in advanced ultra-high-speed electrical and/or optical PHY design.
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field or M.S. with relevant industrial experience in optical and/or electrical transceiver design.
Nice to have
- Experience designing 200G+ CMOS transceivers, with a deep understanding of high-speed electrical and/or optical interface requirements.
- Demonstrated proficiency in hands-on circuit optimizations, including tuning for power, performance, and area at both block and system levels.
- Proven track record in silicon productization—from initial design through to bring-up, validation, and successful ramp to mass production.
Skills: SerDes, transceivers, analog/mixed-signal, high-speed data converters, PLL, optical PHY
This role has been open 105 days — well above the 91-day median for High-Speed IO/SerDes Design roles.
High-Speed IO/SerDes Design · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
217
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Median days open
91 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (217 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 24 | 217 |
| Median days open | 61 d | 91 d (−30 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: SerDes, transceivers, analog/mixed-signal, high-speed data converters, PLL, optical PHY
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 24 open roles · median 61 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 19 open roles · median 153 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 74 d
- Synopsys · 16 open roles · median 53 d
- Broadcom · 11 open roles · median 142 d
- NVIDIA · 10 open roles · median 95 d
How we counted: 217 open High-Speed IO/SerDes Design (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 44 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Figures refresh nightly.