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Principal Design Engineer

SAN JOSE, US💼 Full-time💰 $140,000–$140,000🗓 2026-09-28 → 2026-09-29

Core

Guide the selection and specification of high-speed wireline communications transceiver components using mathematical and computer modeling techniques to ensure end-to-end system performance.

Role type

Principal Design Engineer (Numerical Modeling & Architecture)

Builds

High-speed wireline communications transceivers in CMOS silicon

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design / High-speed communications

Required skills

End-to-end engineering system analysis, Linear systems theory (Fourier analysis, filter theory), Communication systems fundamentals, Simulation and modeling coding, Experimental skills, Signal processing (DSP) algorithms and architecture, Physics of signal propagation, Basic circuits knowledge

Preferred skills

Self-education capacity

Technologies

CMOS silicon, Fourier analysis, Filter theory, DSP algorithms

Responsibilities

Collaborate with analog and digital designers to guide tradeoffs among conflicting design goals, Perform lab characterization and analysis of realized designs, Identify bottlenecks and weak points in engineering systems

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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