Head of Analog - Texas, United States - StevenDouglas
Description
Our client stands at the forefront of innovation, refining a technology platform with "100x" key performance metrics in AI inference computing. Harnessing the emerging field of metamaterials in optical engineering, our client, alongside their founding member metamaterial pioneers, has engineered optical modulator arrays boasting unprecedented speed, density, and power efficiency. By merging this breakthrough with conventional optoelectronics, a compute-in-memory optical processor is unlocked, vastly surpassing current capabilities and anticipated trends for decades to come.
This company seamlessly blends the pioneering ambition of tech innovators with the intellectual rigor of research environments. Our culture is deeply rooted in the relentless pursuit of excellence, nurturing intellectual curiosity and integrity, and fostering collaborative innovation. While we delve deeply into challenges, we always maintain focus on real-world applications, ensuring our products address authentic needs. Join us in shaping the future of optical computing, grounded in customer-centric product development.
Position Overview:
We seek a highly skilled and motivated individual to assume the role of Head of Analog. Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, this pivotal position entails active participation in broader technology and product decision-making. The successful candidate will lead our analog design team in crafting innovative high-performance analog circuits for our technology, interfacing with cutting-edge silicon photonics circuits, Metasurfaces, and AI digital circuits. This role presents an opportunity to work at the crossroads of AI and semiconductor technology, shaping the trajectory of intelligent computing.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage a team of analog design engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship to drive excellence in analog circuit design
• Drive innovation in analog circuit design, pushing the boundaries of performance and efficiency to enable AI applications with unprecedented capabilities.
• Define and execute the analog design strategy, including circuit topology selection, architectural trade-offs, and design methodologies to meet performance, power, and area targets.
• Design and develop high-performance analog circuits and systems, data converters, filters, amplifiers, and power management circuits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including silicon photonics, metamaterials, digital design, system architecture to ensure seamless integration of analog components into overall chip design.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and test engineering teams to support the transition of designs from prototype to mass production.
• Work closely with vendors, contractors, and foundry partners to select or optimize analog IP ensuring optimal performance, cost-effectiveness, and reliability for process technology and manufacturing considerations.
• Manage the full design cycle from concept to tape-out, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality analog IP blocks for silicon implementation.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends in analog design, identifying opportunities for technology insertion and differentiation.
• Lead design reviews, provide technical leadership, and contribute to overall product strategy and roadmap.
• Experience in silicon photonics for high-speed communication interfaces.
• Excellent proficiency in high-speed DAC design and ADC design for data conversion in AI systems.
• Experience in high-paced, energetic start-up environments capable of picking up cross-functional engineering tasks where company need arises.
• Prior experience in AI or machine learning hardware design is a plus.
• Masters or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering field with a focus on analog/mixed-signal circuit design.
• Extensive experience in analog IC design, with a proven track record of successful tape-outs in advanced process nodes
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and mentoring a team of analog design engineers.
• Deep understanding of analog circuit design fundamentals, including amplifier design, data converters, voltage references, high-speed, and low-power techniques.
• Proficiency in analog design tools and methodologies, such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and Verilog-AMS.
• Experience with analog verification techniques, including simulation, layout parasitic extraction, and post-layout verification.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced startup environment.