Senior / Lead Data Converter IC Design Engineer (FinFET)

Encore Semi, Inc. is seeking an experienced Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer to architect and tape out high-speed ADCs and DACs in advanced FinFET nodes. The role owns the design cycle from system architecture through post-silicon validation for HPC, AI, and communications hardware.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design multi-GS/s ADC/DAC architectures (Time-Interleaved SAR, Pipeline, Flash, or RF-DACs)
• Deliver transistor-level circuits (track-and-hold, comparators, low-jitter clock paths, bias networks) in 7nm–3nm FinFET processes
• Implement background/foreground digital calibration for offset, gain, timing skew, and linearity
• Supervise layout to mitigate layout-dependent effects (LDE), parasitics, electromigration, and self-heating
• Lead post-silicon lab bring-up, bench testing, and model-to-hardware correlation

Requirements:

• US Citizenship / GC holder Required
• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 10+ years of hands-on high-speed data converter design and successful silicon tape-outs
• Proven track record in advanced nodes (3nm, 5nm, or 7nm)
• Strong command of FinFET-specific design constraints (fin quantization, degraded g m / g ds , 3D RC extraction)
• Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/PrimeSim, and Calibre PEX/Quantus