High-Speed IC Design Engineer (Toronto)
Lightmatter
Toronto, ON, CA
$60K-$85K a year (estimated)
Full-time
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Lightmatter builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. Our architecture leverages the unique properties of light to enable fast and efficient inference and training engines.
If you're a collaborative engineer or scientist who has a passion for innovation, solving challenging technical problems, and doing impactful work.
- work like building the world's first optical computers, consider joining the team at Lightmatter!
- We are open to hiring a candidate in the Boston, MA or Mountain View, CA areas for this role.
Responsibilities
- Support micro-architecture development with chip architects by conducting feasibility studies
- Collaborate with members of our design engineering teams (system, digital, analog, photonics) to define electrical requirements
- Design analog / mixed-signal blocks with a focus on transceivers and broadband circuits interfacing with silicon photonics elements
- Document design simulations and verifications towards formal design reviews
- Drive block-level floorplan, mask design views, and their reviews
- Run post-layout and mixed-signal top-level simulations to validate integration
- Define production and bench-level test plans
- Validate performances of the circuits in the lab
Requirements
- MS with 8+ years of industry experience, OR Ph.D. with 5+ years of industry experience with a focus on optical or wireline transceiver design
- Experience designing Analog-Front-End blocks such as trans-impedance amplifiers (TIA) and Tx Driver
- Experience with Tx / Rx equalization techniques and circuits
- Experience interfacing with silicon photonic Mach-Zehnder modulators is a plus
- Familiarity with SERDES architectures, and implementations
- Solid understanding of CMOS device characteristics, noise, mismatch, linearity, and design trade-offs
- Experience with Cadence Design Environment
- Knowledge of 3D Electro-Magnetic (EM) simulation tools is a plus
- Experience with testing and validating high-speed analog / mixed-signal circuits
- Successful track record in delivering analog / mixed-signal IPs with 1st-time success while meeting tight schedules
- Ability to work collaboratively with people across multiple functional areas
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- 401k matching
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Paid Family Leave
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
- Stock Option Plan
- Commuter Benefit (pre-tax)
Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
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