Sr Data Converter IC Design Engineer FinFET

Encore Semi, Inc. is looking for a Senior/Lead Data Converter IC Design Engineer to join their team in San Jose or San Diego, CA. This role involves designing high-speed data converters in advanced FinFET nodes, overseeing the entire design cycle from architecture to post-silicon validation, and contributing to next‑generation hardware for HPC, AI, and communications.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design multi‑GS/s ADC/DAC architectures including Time‑Interleaved SAR, Pipeline, Flash, or RF‑DACs.
• Deliver transistor‑level circuits such as track‑and‑hold, comparators, low‑jitter clock paths, and bias networks in 7nm–3nm FinFET processes.
• Implement digital calibration for offset, gain, timing skew, and linearity.
• Supervise layout to address layout‑dependent effects, parasitics, electromigration, and self‑heating.
• Lead post‑silicon lab bring‑up, bench testing, and model‑to‑hardware correlation.

Qualifications:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands‑on experience in high‑speed data converter design and successful silicon tape‑outs.
• Proven track record in FinFET technology at advanced nodes (3nm, 5nm, or 7nm).

Skills:

• Strong command of FinFET‑specific design constraints such as fin quantization and degraded gm/gds.
• Proficiency in EDA tools including Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/Prime Sim, and Calibre PEX/Quantus.