Senior / Lead Data Converter IC Design Engineer (FinFET)Location: San Jose CA / San Diego CA
Job Type: Full-Time & Contract Options Available
Requirements: US Citizenship Required
Compensation: $150,000 - $180,000 / year + Comprehensive Benefits
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer to architect and tape out high-speed data converters (ADCs/DACs) in advanced FinFET nodes (7nm down to 3nm). You will own the full design cycle-from system architecture to post-silicon validation-for next-gen HPC, AI, and communications hardware.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and design multi-GS/s ADC/DAC architectures (Time-Interleaved SAR, Pipeline, Flash, or RF-DACs).
- Deliver transistor-level circuits (track-and-hold, comparators, low-jitter clock paths, bias networks) in 7nm-3nm FinFET processes.
- Implement background/foreground digital calibration for offset, gain, timing skew, and linearity.
- Supervise layout to mitigate layout-dependent effects (LDE), parasitics, electromigration, and self-heating.
- Lead post-silicon lab bring-up, bench testing, and model-to-hardware correlation.
Qualifications
- Education: M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Experience: 5+ years of hands-on high-speed data converter design and successful silicon tape-outs.
- FinFET Expertise: Proven track record in advanced nodes (3nm, 5nm, or 7nm).
- Core Knowledge: Strong command of FinFET-specific design constraints (fin quantization, degraded gm/gds, 3D RC extraction).
- EDA Tools: Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/PrimeSim, and Calibre PEX/Quantus.
Full-Time Benefits:• 15 days of PTO per calendar year
• 10 paid Holidays per calendar year
• Comprehensive Medical Benefits: Company covers 80% of premiums for Employee and Dependents
• Dental & Vision: Company covers 50% of premiums for Employee and Dependents
• Voluntary Benefits: Life Insurance, FSA (Health and Dependent, Limited Purpose), HAS, and Gap Insurance
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
• 401k - Traditional & Roth
• Life/AD&D and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition reimbursement
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