Mixed Signal ASIC Engineer - Boston
Originally posted 31 August 2026 by the employer — open 9 days.
Design, tape out, and test electronic ASICs that interface with photonic integrated circuits.
About the role
This role involves designing, taping out, and testing electronic ASICs that interface with Ayo’s photonic integrated circuits.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the architecture and specification of mixed-signal ASICs that control and interface with Ayo’s photonic integrated circuits.
- Perform schematic capture, layout, and verification for mixed-signal integrated circuits with elements including digital-to-analog converters, analog-to-digital converters, transimpedance amplifiers, and transconductance amplifiers.
- Execute across the full design-to-test cycle: design, manufacture, bring-up, characterization, and validation.
- Support packaging and test requirements and flows for integrated circuits.
- Contribute to the bring-up and test of integrated circuits.
- Provide expertise and support to other Ayo team members.
What you'll need
- PhD in electrical engineering or equivalent industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience designing, simulating, and testing analog and mixed signal integrated circuits.
- Strong fundamentals in analog and mixed signal design, including ADC/DAC, amplifiers (TIA, OTA), and related circuit blocks.
- Strong hands-on foundry experience.
- Proficiency with standard EDA tools such as Cadence or Synopsys.
- Demonstrated ability to take a chip from design through manufacture, test, and validation.
Nice to have
- Experience collaborating with integrated photonics teams.
- Experience with advanced packaging such as 2.5D / 3D integration.
Skills: mixed-signal ASICs, photonic integrated circuits, digital-to-analog converters, transimpedance amplifiers, commercial tape-outs
This role has been open 8 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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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ayo | All employers we track in this specialty (173 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 173 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 1 | 1317 · 100 employers |
| Median days open | 8 d | 79 d (−71 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: mixed-signal ASICs, photonic integrated circuits, digital-to-analog converters, transimpedance amplifiers, commercial tape-outs
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. 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.