Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Analog & Mixed-Signal Design
$196,000 - $310,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 August 2026 by the employer — open 34 days.
About the role
What you'll do
- Develop and implement high speed electrical/optical interfaces and analog circuits.
- Define circuit requirements and complete design from schematic, layout, and verification to characterization.
- Conduct schematic design of deep-submicron CMOS technologies using Spectre, Hspice or like.
- Lead architecture, transistor design and verification using industry standard EDA tools such as Cadence virtuoso.
- Optimize circuit to meet specifications for system performance.
- Provide support for post-silicon bring-up and debugging.
What you'll need
- Master of Science or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field with strong analog design background.
- 6+ years analog design experience.
- CMOS Analog / Mixed Signal Circuit Design Experience in deep sub-micron process (especially in FINFET).
- Experience with design and verification tools (Cadence's IC design environment, analog circuit simulation tools like Spectre, HSpice, Finesim, XA).
- Experience in crafting test bench environments for component and top level circuit verification.
- Behavioral modeling of analog and digital circuits.
- Analog simulation for noise analysis, loop stability analysis, ac/dc/tran analysis, monte-carlo, etc.
Skills: deep-submicron CMOS, Spectre, Hspice, analog design, circuit verification
Market context
This role has been open 33 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 | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (173 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 12 | 173 |
| Median days open | 51 d | 79 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: deep-submicron CMOS, Spectre, Hspice, analog design, circuit verification
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices · 25 open roles · median 117 d
- Infineon Technologies · 14 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 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. Figures refresh nightly.