Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xanadu is building quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. The Principal Analog ASIC Design Engineer will lead the architecture, design, verification, testing, and lifecycle management of custom analog and mixed-signal ASICs for photonic quantum computing systems. The role also involves external partner management, cross-functional system integration, and technical mentorship.
Responsibilities
- Architecture & Strategy: Define the technical roadmap, architectural specifications, and methodology for novel, high-performance analog and mixed-signal ASICs to meet next-generation quantum computing targets
- Vendor & Partner Management: Serve as the primary technical interface with tier-1 external ASIC design houses, guide them through process surveys, preliminary simulations, detailed design, and ultimately, tape-out execution
- Internal Design Ownership & Tape-Out: Lead the design, top-level layout integration, and verification strategy for complex tapeouts, ensuring first-time-right silicon success for critical system blocks
- Testing, Characterization & Debug: Oversee advanced lab characterization strategies, analyzing silicon performance against complex system requirements and driving the resolution of deep technical anomalies
- Cross-Functional & Strategic Collaboration: Partner closely with photonics, packaging, and systems architecture teams to co-design and solve foundational system-level integration and scalability challenges
- Technical Leadership: Mentor senior engineering staff, champion design best practices, and serve as the company-wide subject matter expert for analog IC design
Skills
- * Experience: 10+ years of professional experience in analog or mixed-signal ASIC/IC design, with a history of leading successful complex IC projects
- * Full-Cycle Leadership: A proven track record of steering multiple complex tapeouts from initial architecture definition through to successful silicon validation and system integration
- * Technical Mastery: Deep experience in designing highly challenging analog circuits simultaneously constrained by both high-speed (e.g., <10ns) AND high-voltage (e.g., 50V-100V) requirements
- * Process Versatility: Extensive design experience across multiple advanced semiconductor process nodes (e.g., BCD, SOI, GaN, BiCMOS) and the ability to strategically select the optimal process for quantum applications
- * Tool Proficiency: Mastery of industry-standard EDA environments (Cadence strongly preferred) along with the ability to define simulation and verification methodologies
- * Education: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with a focus on IC design
- * Communication: Exceptional ability to synthesize complex technical concepts into clear documentation, design reviews, and strategic recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- * Photonics Experience: Direct experience architecting interface electronics for photodetectors, optical modulators, or co-packaged optics
- * Advanced Processes: Pioneer-level experience with High-Voltage SOI, RF Analog, or GaN process development and modeling
- * Advanced Education: A Ph.D. focused on a relevant IC design topic
- * Data Converters: Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering high-performance, custom DAC/ADC architectures
Benefits
- You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
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