Job Title: Director of Analog Mixed Signal Design – Analog / SERDES (Automotive Transceivers)
Location: This position is located in San Jose, CA. This is a hybrid role with 3 days in office and 2 days work from home. This role is NOT open to 100% remote.
Role Summary:
Seeking a Director of Analog Circuit Design to lead high‑speed, high‑linearity Analog Front End (AFE) development for automotive transceivers. This is a senior technical leadership role with ownership of AFE architecture, design reviews, and silicon execution, managing and scaling a high‑performance analog team over time.
Job Responsibility:
Key Responsibilities (High Level)
· Own AFE architecture and specifications for automotive transceivers.
· Lead design reviews and technical direction for TX/RX analog blocks.
· Drive designs from concept through production in automotive‑qualified environments.
· Manage and grow a small analog design team, with a mandate to scale.
· Partner cross‑functionally with systems, digital/DSP, layout, test, and product teams.
· Hands on participation in silicon debug/bring up.
Job Qualification:
Education
· MSEE or PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
Experience
· 15+ years of analog or mixed‑signal IC design experience.
· Strong background in high‑speed, high‑linearity AFEs.
· Proven experience bringing analog designs to high‑volume production.
· Prior people management or technical leadership experience.
· Deep past hands‑on design and simulation experience, now operating at architectural/review level.
Strong Pluses
· Experience with:
o 10GBASE‑T
o 10GBASE‑T1 (Automotive Ethernet)
o TDD‑based transceivers
· Automotive semiconductor background.
· Working‑level knowledge of ISO 26262 (nice to have, not required).
Ideal Candidate Profile
· Senior analog leader with experience from large or well‑established semiconductor company.
· Comfortable transitioning from hands‑on designer to architectural owner.
· Strong communicator with credibility at executive and technical levels.