Staff Custom Analog Layout Engineer

CA Pay Range (Annual):

At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.

Infinera also offers paid leave, medical, 

dental, and vision coverage, 401(k),

life, and disability insurance to eligible employees.

Engaging in high-resolution analog circuit design gives you the chance to create the technical differentiation that will allow Infinera to hold market leadership. By building cutting-edge circuitry, we will together revolutionize the era of efficient high-speed transmission.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with circuit designers to optimize the floor plan;
• Perform daily layout editing, DRC/LVS tasks to ensure the quality of the layout;
• Employ efficient design methodologies to reduce the number of iterations and promptly deliver the product.

Mandatory Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Extremely familiar with layout editing tools, such as Virtuoso and Laker;
• Highly proficient with DRC/LVS/ERC related tools and flows, such as Calibre, PVS (or IC Validator);
• Decent understanding in the issues of  electro-migration and IR drop, RC delay, self-heating, capacitive cross-talk, etc.;
• Decent understanding in analog layout requirements, such as matching and shielding;
• Has extensive experience in the layout of low-power, high-resolution circuits, such as SD-ADC, SAR-ADC, bandgap, and regulators.
• Knowledge in automatic P&R or chip-level floor planning/integration.

Preferred Knowledge/Skill/Abilities:

• Decent Understanding of analog design methodologies, including the use of layout constraints;
• Knowledge in performing RC extraction and EM/IR analysis;
• Excellent communication skills and team spirit to work with members across multiple sites and functionalities;
• Experience in designing layouts for high-resolution, high-performance analog / mixed-signal circuits.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• BS degree or equivalent;
• Have more than 10 years’ experience in analog/mixed signal layout design.

“This position requires direct or indirect access to certain confidential information, hardware, software, technology, or technical information (referred to here as “Export-Controlled Information”) controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All personnel in this position must be eligible to or be able to obtain authorization from the appropriate agency to access applicable Export-Controlled Information. The U.S. Department of Commerce currently requires a foreign person with a most recent citizenship or permanent residency of Sudan, Ukraine, or a country currently designated in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740, Title 15) to have an export control license to access our Export-Controlled Information, unless they meet certain exemptions provided under U.S. export control laws and regulations. The list of applicable countries in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 may be updated by the U.S. government from time to time. The current processing time for an export control license is approximately 4 to 6 months.

Your employment or engagement with Infinera shall be contingent on verifying your eligibility or requirement for obtaining a necessary license and/or authorization from the appropriate agency. You will be required to provide certain information for export control compliance assessment purposes, and your information will be reviewed by Infinera's hiring and export control teams to ensure compliance with the U.S. export control laws and regulations. Infinera will collect necessary documents (such as proof of citizenship etc.) to assess license/authorization requirements if you are offered and accept the position.”

Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Infinera complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.