Analog Design, Staff Engineer

Category Engineering Hire Type Employee Job ID 17840 Remote Eligible No Date Posted 06/14/2026

We Are

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.

You Are

You have spent years deep in transistor-level design, building circuits that close timing, meet power budgets, and survive silicon. At Synopsys, you will work on SerDes PHY IP that ships in real products, with a team in Yerevan that takes this work seriously.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and verify transistor-level analog and mixed-signal circuits for high-speed SerDes PHY IP, including transmitters, receivers, PLLs, DLLs, VCOs, equalizers, and bias circuits
• Develop circuit architectures and run tradeoff analysis across performance, power, noise, jitter, and reliability
• Execute DC, AC, transient, cross-corner PVT, aging, EMIR/SHE, and Monte Carlo simulations to validate robustness
• Build and validate circuit simulation models and Verilog-A behavioral models for IP integration
• Review custom layout implementations and collaborate with layout engineers to ensure post-layout performance meets spec
• Prepare technical documentation, lead design reviews, and present tradeoff decisions to cross-functional teams
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on circuit design, simulation methodology, and debugging

The Impact You Will Have

• Your circuit architecture will define the performance envelope for SerDes PHY IP used in high-speed communication products
• Your simulation rigor will reduce post-silicon surprises and accelerate time to market
• The models you develop will enable system-level validation for customers, building next-generation AI and data center platforms
• Your layout reviews will catch issues that would otherwise surface in silicon, saving months of debug

What You'll Need

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in analog and mixed-signal IC design in advanced CMOS technology nodes
• Deep expertise in transistor-level design, custom IC design flow, and layout effects including parasitics, matching, and proximity
• Proven experience designing and verifying transmitters, receivers, PLLs, DLLs, VCOs, equalizers, samplers, and reference circuits for high-speed SerDes or similar applications
• Strong simulation skills across DC/AC/Transient, cross-corner PVT, aging, EMIR/SHE, and Monte Carlo methods
• Experience developing circuit simulation models and Verilog-A behavioral models
• Proficiency with scripting using TCL, Python, Perl, MATLAB, or C.
•  Experience with AI tools for design automation is a plus

Who You Are

• When post-layout results do not match schematic, you dig into the netlist and extraction deck to figure out what changed
• You know how to define a specification that is tight enough to matter but loose enough to close
• You translate between layout, verification, and digital teams without losing technical accuracy
• Junior engineers ask you questions because you explain the second-order effect they missed and care that they understand it
• You are fluent enough in English to present technical content and collaborate across a global team

The Team You'll Be Part Of

You will join the Cross-Functional Ultra-High-Speed R&D group in Yerevan, Armenia, a team focused on accelerating innovation in next-generation high-speed SerDes PHY development. This is a technical team working on real IP that ships in products, with collaboration across layout, verification, digital design, and silicon validation teams.

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.