Senior Analog Design Engineer - California, Santa Clara, United States
$141,910 - $269,100 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer — open 2 days.
About the role
This role involves the architecture, design, implementation, and validation of high-speed analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for advanced optical interconnect products.
What you'll do
- Architect, design, implement, and validate high-speed analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for optical interconnect products.
- Define circuit architectures to meet power, performance, and functionality requirements for optical interconnects.
- Lead block-level design and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for integrated circuit components.
- Plan and execute design activities balancing performance, schedule, and quality.
- Guide the development of post-silicon test and characterization plans.
- Create and maintain comprehensive design documentation, including specifications, reviews, and technical reports.
What you'll need
- M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 4+ years of industry experience or PhD & 2+ years.
- Hands-on experience designing high-speed circuit blocks such as amplifiers, drivers, equalizers, PLLs, phase interpolators, and clock and data recovery (CDR) circuits for data rates of 32 Gbps and above.
- Experience designing inductors, transmission lines, transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), and optical modulator drivers.
- Strong expertise in high-speed serial link design and analog CMOS/BiCMOS circuit design using deep-submicron process technologies.
- Experience with full-chip integration, ESD design considerations, and verification methodologies.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with optical communication systems.
- Experience developing 400G, 800G, and 1.6T optical links.
- Experience with package design and test setup development.
- Experience designing precision analog circuits such as ADCs and DACs.
- Experience with PAM4 and NRZ link architectures.
- Strong understanding of mixed-signal design methodologies and flows.
Skills: silicon photonics, optical interconnects, high-speed analog, mixed-signal ICs, amplifiers, drivers
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 58-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
122
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$195k
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| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (122 roles · 32 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 122 |
| Median days open | 34 d | 58 d (−24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: silicon photonics, optical interconnects, high-speed analog, mixed-signal ICs, amplifiers, drivers
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 18 open roles · median 52 d
- Lightmatter · 17 open roles · median 65 d
- Coherent Corp · 15 open roles · median 58 d
- Lumentum · 8 open roles · median 45 d
- PsiQuantum · 6 open roles · median 107 d
- Ayar Labs · 5 open roles · median 42 d
How we counted: 122 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 32 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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. Figures refresh nightly.