Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Engineer

CA Pay Range (Annual):

$134,400.00 - $249,600.00

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.

Infinera is the global supplier of innovative networking solutions. Our customers include the leading service providers, data center operators, internet content providers (ICPs), cable operators, enterprises, and government agencies worldwide, including 9 of the top 10 Tier 1 service providers and 6 of the top 7 ICPs. We design, develop, and deliver hardware and software for fiber-based connectivity solutions that span access, aggregation, metro, long haul, and submarine networks. Our industry-leading, trendsetting edge-to-core solutions provide the foundation for many of the world’s largest and most demanding networks that generate billions in service revenue for our customers.

The successful candidate shall lead the design efforts of high-speed low-noise clocking circuity, including the fractional-N phase locked loops and the clock distribution networks.

Imagine being part of a team that is fundamentally changing the way people communicate, the way they collaborate, the way they watch TV and explore the universe through the internet. Utilizing our uniquely differentiated technology, we have created an Intelligent Transport Network with more speed, capacity, and scalability than ever before. Imagine a world with unlimited bandwidth. The network of tomorrow will allow for content and creativity limited only by the imaginations of its users.
If this is something that interests you, that excites you, come take a look at a team not bound by large company obstacles and bureaucracy, where an idea today can be set in motion tomorrow. Come take a look at Infinera!

The high-quality clocking circuitry is the backbone of the high-speed mixed-signal IPs under development here in Infinera. You will have the great chance to demonstrate your creativity and superior technical competency by leading the design efforts to help Infinera hold the market leadership. We together will revolutionize the era of efficient high-speed transmission.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

• Design, simulate, and verify the high frequency fractional-N PLLs.
• Architect, model, and simulation the noise accumulation and the skew of the clock distribution trees.
• Model, optimize, and measure the phase noise and jitter performance, and the skew of the whole clocking networks.
• Design and implement the high-frequency / low-noise VCOs.
• Collaborate and/or supervise other team members for system design implementation, layout floor planning, and system level modeling.

Mandatory Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Have good tracking records in designing low phase noise LC-VCO based PLLs to production.
• Abundant knowledge in the design trade-offs among different VCO topologies for MM-Wave applications, including but not limited to LC-VCO, TWO, SWO, etc.
• Hands-on in designing the clock distribution network in Cadence environment.
• Good at modeling the phase noise and spurs of the frac-N PLLs.
• Possess extensive experience in designing and implementing the high frequency VCOs and clock trees with EMX tools.
• Have a decent understanding in CMOS analog / mixed signal design overall.

Preferred Knowledge/Skill/Abilities:

• Good at supervising testing activities.
• Fluent in verbal and written communications.
• Independently resolves issues and conquer design challenges.
• Self-motivated and detail oriented.
• Has good interpersonal skills.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• M.S. in E.E. with 10+ years’ experience, or Ph.D. in E.E. with 6+ years’ experience

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“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.