Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $196k-$311k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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This is a diverse team working with innovative, ground breaking technology. If you are someone that loves a challenge, come join this complementary team and help move the needle! As a member of our Mixed Signal team, you will lead the design of CMOS high-speed interface circuits and mixed-signal circuits. Strong hands-on experience in the lab with silicon validation, debugging, characterization and bring up.

What you'll be doing:

Lead design and implementation of high speed interface circuit
Design projects include high speed transceivers and high frequency PLLs
Design, simulation, and verification of mixed-signal circuits
Supervise closely IC circuit/mask designers, provide floorplan and layout guidelines
Support lab characterization of silicon
Tackle challenges of circuit design in deep submicron CMOS
Take designs through implementation and productization
Work with multi-functional teams

What we need to see:

MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
4+ years of design experience in CMOS analog / mixed-signal circuit Design
Solid understanding of Cadence custom design tools, circuit simulator, timing analysis tool
A great teammate with good interpersonal skills
Proven experience in crafting and mentoring designers
Extensive experience in Tx, Rx, CDR, PLL for high speed IO interfaces
In-depth understanding of deep submicron CMOS process and related circuit design issues
Experience in silicon bring-up, debugging and use of lab instrumentation is required
Knowledge in system level timing budget, signal integrity, and power integrity is a plus
Experience in Verilog, Matlab, Primetime, Nanotime

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
196,000 USD – 310,500 USD for Level 5; and 232,000 USD – 368,000 USD for Level 6.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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How we rate this

Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer at NVIDIA rates 18 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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