RF​/MS IC Design Engineer, Optical Networking & SERDES

Responsibilities

Max Linear is seeking talented RF/MS IC Design Engineers at all levels to join our team and help shape the next generation of high‑speed connectivity solutions.

Max Linear is a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and software solutions. Max Linear’s technologies empower next‑generation products across a variety of markets, including high‑speed interconnect solutions in hyperscale data centers, broadband access, connectivity, infrastructure, and industrial systems. Our key recent product offerings are:

• Keystone:
  The first low‑power 5‑nm 100G PAM4 DSP SoC, optimized for active electrical and optical cables
• Sierra: A single‑chip solution for 5G Open RAN radio units
• Wi‑Fi 7 Solutions:
  The world’s first Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 7 tri‑band single‑chip solutions and access points
• Panther:
  An ultra‑low latency Data Processing Unit (DPU) storage accelerator for enterprise and hyperscale data centers, delivering up to 3.2 Tbps throughput

Whether you’re a recent Ph.D. graduate or an experienced industry professional, you’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting‑edge data center interconnects, with a strong focus on high‑speed PAM4 Ser Des and optical technologies. We offer a clear career growth path from staff engineer to senior roles in the design team, with increasing technical responsibilities and leadership opportunities.

• Work in a collaborative team driving architecture, design, implementation, and verification of RF/mixed‑signal systems for Ser Des and optical networking applications
• Architect, design, simulate, and verify RF and Mixed Signal circuit IPs for high‑speed Ser Des and optical communication systems
• Design and implement critical circuit blocks including PLLs, VCOs, ADCs, DACs, and high‑speed transceiver components
• Debug silicon issues and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to take IC to volume production

• Minimum of: BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 5 years of experience, or MS + 3 years of experience, or Ph.D.

Max Linear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock‑based compensation.

Max Linear's good faith estimate starting base salary range is: $104,728 to $212,170 annually.

We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401(k) savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Max Linear is a global, NASDAQ‑traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system‑on‑chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio‑frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed‑signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi‑market applications.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California;
Valencia, Spain;
Bangalore, India;
Munich, Germany;
Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside‑the‑box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high‑energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.