PHY/SERDES Lead
Lead the development of semi-custom optical PHY layers.
Originally posted July 28, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As PHY/SERDES Lead at Volantis Semiconductor, you will own and lead the development of the semi-custom optical PHY layer.
What you'll do
- Own and lead the development of the semi-custom optical PHY layer.
- Define and architect end-to-end links across multiple operating regimes.
- Manage the integration of PHYs into the system level.
- Oversee and execute the bringup of PHY macros.
What you'll need
- Multiple successful tapeouts of SERDES or PHY macros.
- Deep understanding of tradeoffs between XSR/VSR/LR class SERDES and different operating regimes and challenges.
- Ownership of end-to-end link definition and architecture.
- Experience with bringup of PHYs.
- Understanding of the integration of PHYs into the system level.
Nice to have
- Deep knowledge of and hands-on experience with chiplet interfaces like UCIe or BoW.
- Deep knowledge and hands-on execution of optical interconnect PHY layers.
- Knowledge of re-driven and re-timed PHY interfaces.
- Experience with customization of PHYs.
Skills: SerDes, PHY, tapeout, XSR, optical interconnect
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 58-day median for High-Speed IO/SerDes Design roles.
High-Speed IO/SerDes Design · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
262
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Median days since first seen
58 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$206k
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| Metric | Volantis Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (262 roles · 53 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 262 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 3 | 1598 · 127 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 58 d (+58 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $206k |
Skills observed across this category: SerDes, PHY, tapeout, XSR, optical interconnect
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 41 open roles · median 37 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 22 open roles · median 150 d
- AMD · 21 open roles · median 46 d
- Qualcomm · 20 open roles · median 87 d
- NVIDIA · 18 open roles · median 219 d
- Apple · 10 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 262 open High-Speed IO/SerDes Design (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 53 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.