Sr. Staff Engineer, Analog/Mixed-Signal Design
Ayar Labs
San Jose, CA, United States
18 days ago
Analog & Mixed-Signal Design
$180,000 - $223,000 USD yearly
About the role
As a Sr. Staff Engineer, Analog/Mixed-Signal Design, you will design various analog/mixed-signal blocks such as oscillators, high speed transmitters/receivers, biasing circuits, linear regulators, ADCs/DACs.
What you'll do
- Architect and design high speed signal path for high bandwidth optical links.
- Work with optical and digital design teams to architect mixed-signal control loops.
- Design analog/mixed signal circuits including oscillators, high speed transmitters/receivers, amplifiers, biasing circuits, linear regulators, ADCs/DACs.
- Define, run, and automate sign-off verification simulations.
- Create design review and testing documentation.
- Perform post-silicon bring-up of circuits in lab.
What you'll need
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
- 6+ years of work experience in analog/mixed signal design.
- Experience designing high speed analog blocks such as PLLs, clock distribution and multi-phase generation, high swing transmit drivers, high speed receive analog front ends.
- Proficient with Cadence design environment and mixed-signal simulation (ADE, Layout, Spectre).
- Experience designing in FinFet CMOS (7nm or below) at data rates of at least 50Gb/s and/or RF circuits operating at 25GHz or above.
Nice to have
- Ph.D.
- Demonstrated experience in deploying SerDes into a high-volume product.
- A good understanding of high-speed design/layout considerations, such as parasitics, crosstalk isolation, supply and bias distribution.
- Ability to develop adaptation/calibration algorithms for precision design.
- Experience with silicon bring-up, debug, and evaluation.
- Programming experience in Python and SKILL.
Skills: high speed signal path, mixed-signal control loops, transmitters/receivers, FinFet CMOS, Cadence
Market context
This role has been open 97 days — well above the 78-day median for Mixed-Signal Design roles.
Mixed-Signal Design · Mixed Signal
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Open roles in category
170
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$174k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ayar Labs | Market (170 open roles · 43 companies) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 4 | 170 |
| Median days open | 55 d | 78 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: high speed signal path, mixed-signal control loops, transmitters/receivers, FinFet CMOS, Cadence
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices · 24 open roles · median 118 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 76 d
- NVIDIA · 12 open roles · median 50 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 54 d
- SiTime · 10 open roles · median 168 d
- Microchip Technology · 8 open roles · median 167 d
Based on 170 open roles at 43 companies in our index. Snapshot 9 Sept 2026.
Ayar Labs
San Jose, CA, United States
On-site
$180,000 - $223,000 USD yearly
18 days ago