Principal Analog Design Engineer

Company: Chelsea Search Group
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Principal Analog Design Engineer Location : Irvine, CA (preferred) or remote travel to Irvine Responsibilities : • Clock generation and distribution (VCOs, PLL, clock distribution, etc) • Design of custom passive components, from concept to silicon implementation • Fundamental analog blocks (bandgap references, LDOs, temp sensors, etc) • High-speed analog circuit design, such as high-speed broadband amplifiers (VGA, CTLE, DRV, etc.). • New techniques for the development of next generation optical transceiver • Silicon bring-up, debug and support • Supervise analog layouts within advanced process nodes • System verification and circuit design spec creation • Team communication and documentation Requirements: • Master’s degree and/or PhD (preferred) in Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5 years of experience. • Experience in advance cmos design and verification flows (tools to evaluate self-heating, electromigration, safe operating area) • Experience with analog design and verification tools (Virtuoso, Spectre, ADE and post layout extraction tools) is a must • Knowledge of the fundamentals on electromagnetism, lump models and high-frequency design • Production level tape out experience • Experience with TSMC FinFET process nodes (16nm/12nm, 7nm/N7, 5nm/N5, 3nm/N3, 2nm/N2) and optimization for high-performance circuits. • Should have strong analog design fundamentals and experience in designing analog circuit blocks for broadband amplification, clock generation and distribution, and/or fundamental analog blocks. • Strong communication and documentation skills • Experience with electromagnetic simulation tools (EMX, Momentum, HFSS or other) is a plus • Experienced in lab chip bring-up and debugging efforts is a plus • Good understanding of analog layouts in FinFET and its effect on high-speed designs is a plus Javier Leon Talent Acquisition Chelsea Search Group 619-227-3193 cell FJLrecruiter@gmail.com www.LinkedIn.com/in/JavierLeon (are we connected?)

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