Senior/Staff Analog Design Engineer - SerDes

The role

This person will architect and design high-speed SerDes blocks and mixed-signal subsystems for a next-generation SoC. The role spans the full design lifecycle from circuit implementation through post-silicon validation.

What you will do

• Architect and design high-speed SerDes blocks from specification through silicon in advanced FinFET nodes.
• Perform schematic and post-layout simulations to ensure robust silicon margins.
• Own design reviews and documentation.
• Run EM simulations for passives, package interconnects, and on-die routing.
• Develop behavioral and Verilog-A models to enable system-level and mixed-signal verification.
• Supervise mask designers closely and provide floorplan and layout guidelines.
• Collaborate with optical, digital, and system teams on interfaces and link-level performance.
• Support post-silicon bring-up, lab validation, and debug.

Required qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering
• 10+ years of analog/mixed-signal IC design experience
• Hands-on SerDes experience at data rates of 25 Gbps or higher
• Solid understanding of high-speed signaling concepts: jitter, noise, equalization, signal integrity, and link budgeting
• Expertise in advanced FinFET nodes with solid grasp of device physics, parasitics, and layout-sensitive design
• Proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and industry-standard simulation flows including PVT, Monte Carlo, EM-IR, and reliability analysis
• Experience developing behavioral and Verilog-A models for mixed-signal verification
• Familiarity with post-silicon bring-up, lab measurement equipment, and correlating measured data to simulation
• Strong communication skills

Benefits

• Meaningful stock options
• Annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office
• Employer-contributed retirement plans

Before you apply

• Candidates eligibility to work at OLIX depends on most recent citizenship or permanent residency status.
• Generally unable to consider applicants whose most recent citizenship or permanent residence is in certain restricted countries (currently including Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Ch

About the company

OLIX is building the OLIX Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1), the first accelerator architected specifically for decode. The company focuses on a new paradigm for faster and more efficient hardware to address the AI infrastructure gap.