At Kandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is to democratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of hardware systems — a critical barrier to scalable adoption.
Our proprietary MIMO-over-copper technology powers a high-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabric that is both scalable and energy-efficient. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solution reduces power consumption significantly while preserving high bandwidth and ultra-low latency — unlocking unprecedented efficiency for AI training and inference at scale.
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 Design Engineer
Location: EU/CH/UK
Key Responsibilities
Position in design, modeling, and verification of custom analog designs for high-speed Serdes transceivers in advanced technology nodes
Design and verification of analog circuits, following prescribed design and documentation flows, to meet architecture specifications
If necessary, support and interact with customers on requirements, design specifications, performance results and product delivery
Support analog IP and chip level integration
Collaborate with architects, technical leads, analog and digital design, layout, integration, verification, silicon validation and quality teams as needed
Competencies
Skilled in the design of high speed analog serdes circuits including DFT, DFM and ESD protection, with a deep knowledge of transistor and wireline communications fundamentals
Understanding of layout approaches and design techniques used for high-speed and high precision circuits
Advanced user of EDA tools for design and verification of analog circuits, preferably using the Cadence Virtuoso environment, including their use for simulation, parasitic extraction, electromagnetic modelling, EM/IR and reliability analysis as well as LVS and DRC
Self-motivated, a strong sense of ownership and responsibility with good verbal and written communication skills and a team player
Ability to manage and complete designs to schedule using defined design process flows as well as reporting design status to internal management team
Requirements
The candidate should have a Master's or Ph.D. degree in Electronics or other relevant fields
Minimum 5 years of experience in analog design and layout of key circuits in multi-gigabit serial data-link transceivers or RF multi tone communications such as equalizers, clock generators, clock and data recovery circuits, TISAR ADC’s, serialisers and output drivers etc.
Expertise in design and layout of high-speed circuits such as oscillators, phase-locked loops, delay-locked loops, and other fundamental building blocks like biasing, amplifiers, buffers, regulators, filters, ADC, DAC etc.
Experience with modern semiconductor process technologies, preferably in finFet technology nodes
Experience using Ocean, MDL or equivalent to automate analog design verification is highly desirable
If this is the role you have been looking for and want to be part of a growing company with an exciting future, we would really love to hear from you. Together We Kandou It!
Visit us at www.kandou.ai and https://www.linkedin.com/company/kandou-ai/
Skills Required
- Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Electronics or a relevant field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in analog design and layout
- Experience designing multi-gigabit serial data-link transceivers or RF multi-tone communications circuits
- Expertise in high-speed circuit design and layout, including oscillators, PLLs, DLLs, biasing, amplifiers, buffers, regulators, filters, ADCs, and DACs
- Experience with modern semiconductor process technologies, preferably finFET nodes
- Advanced use of EDA tools, preferably Cadence Virtuoso, for analog design and verification
- Knowledge of parasitic extraction, electromagnetic modeling, EM/IR analysis, reliability analysis, LVS, and DRC
- Experience with DFT, DFM, ESD protection, transistor fundamentals, and wireline communications
- Experience using Ocean, MDL, or equivalent to automate analog design verification
- Ability to manage designs to schedule and report design status
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
What We Do
Kandou AI is a fabless semiconductor company developing high-speed connectivity for AI infrastructure. Its patented Copper MIMO, also known as Chord Signaling, sends correlated signals at data-processing speeds of 448 Gbps and beyond, providing an alternative to optical interconnects. The company’s technology targets AI data-movement bottlenecks and memory-wall constraints, while its platforms emphasize improved efficiency, lower power and cost, and scalability.
