Analog Layout Engineer (Lead)

Kandou’s architecture is not just an incremental improvement — it’s a foundational shift in how AI hardware is built for the future.

Job title: Analog Layout Engineer (Lead)

Location: EU/CH/UK

Responsibility

• Position in custom layout and verification of analog circuits, cells, blocks, and IP for multi-Gigabit high speed chip to chip communication links (SerDes up to and beyond 28Gb/s and/or memory IO) in advanced semiconductor technology nodes
• Layout and verification of very high-speed analog circuits
• Interact closely with the design team to understand requirements and implement solutions
• Support IP and chip level integration
• Support and interact with customers on requirements, and IP delivery
• Exposure to flip-chip package technologies

Experience

• Must have experience in custom analog layout of circuits and blocks for multi-Gigabit serial data-link transceivers or HF/RF circuits
• Must have expertise in layout of high-speed/frequency circuits like amplifiers, oscillators, phase-locked loops, delay-locked loops, and other fundamental building blocks like biasing, buffers, regulators, filters, data converters, etc.
• Understanding of layout approaches and techniques for high-speed circuits, matching constraints, minimization of parasitics, power grids and ESD requirements
• Experience on modern semiconductor process technologies including 28nm, 14/16nm, 7nm
• User of EDA tool for design and verification like Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/HSpice, Calibre/PVS DRC/LVS, parasitics extraction and modelling, EM, and IR drop, ESD, etc.

Skills

• Self-motivated, with strong sense of ownership and responsibility. Good communicator and team player
• Manage workload and schedules and report to internal management team
• Background in Semiconductor Physics

Education

• Graduate in E.E.