Analog & Mixed-Signal Design Engineer — High-Speed Automotive SerDes SoCs (3–10 Yrs)

🏢 About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments (TI) is a global semiconductor company designing, manufacturing, and selling analog and embedded processing chips — powering everything from industrial automation to automotive safety systems worldwide.

👥 About the Team — High Speed Data Interface Product Group
The High Speed Data Interface product group focuses on the development of differentiated high-speed SerDes SoCs targeted for automotive and industrial markets. There are two primary focus areas — Ethernet PHY and FPD-Link.

Ethernet PHY Group: A large number of applications — like in-vehicle driver alertness monitors, steering, or accelerator control in automotive and robotic applications — require an Ethernet interface. The ubiquity of Ethernet-enabled devices allows customers to simplify connecting large numbers of devices in automotive and robotic environments. Customers expect robust performance in the presence of interference and ESD events, along with processing offload capabilities. The low-cost migration from CAN to Ethernet presents unique challenges requiring interdisciplinary skills with aggressive cost and power targets.

FPD-Link Group: The proprietary FPD-Link interface addresses multi-gigabit (up to 20 Gbps) automotive and industrial sensor and display markets. Constant increase in density of electronic sensing and display content is pushing data rate (>20 Gbps) and BER performance requirements higher. Automotive functional safety requirements demand robust performance at these high data rates under challenging environments while maintaining low power consumption.

The Broader Mission: As part of this product group, you will be engaged in designing solutions spanning Analog, Digital, and Signal Processing domains to mitigate impairments such as high channel loss, ESD strikes, and narrowband interference. The team implements high-performance equalization circuits (CTLE, FFE, DFE), high-speed converters (DAC, ADC), high-speed digital front-ends, signal processing algorithms, embedded microcontrollers, and high-speed interfaces for camera and display systems. The team has successfully achieved several differentiated innovations through collaborative cross-domain optimization.

🌟 The entire product lifecycle — from product specification to customer and application support — is owned by the product group in Bangalore, giving each team member tremendous learning opportunity and enhanced scope to influence the global success of the product. We are looking for passionate, creative, and self-driven engineers who challenge traditional techniques and come up with innovative solutions to make a difference.

🎯 Role Overview

As an Analog & Mixed-Signal Design Engineer, you will design and optimize high-performance analog circuits for next-generation SerDes SoCs operating in demanding automotive and industrial environments. Your circuits will directly determine the link quality, reliability, and power efficiency of products deployed in vehicles and industrial systems worldwide.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

Design high-performance equalization circuits — CTLE, FFE, and DFE — for multi-gigabit SerDes links targeting long-reach, high-loss automotive channels
Develop high-speed DAC and ADC architectures optimized for low power and high linearity in mixed-signal SerDes receivers and transmitters
Design ESD-resilient analog front-ends capable of withstanding automotive-grade electrostatic discharge events while maintaining signal integrity
Perform transistor-level circuit design and simulation using SPICE-based tools (Spectre, HSPICE) across process, voltage, and temperature corners
Collaborate with digital and signal processing teams for cross-domain co-optimization to meet system-level BER and power targets
Drive circuit innovations to address high channel loss, ESD strikes, and narrowband interference in automotive deployments
Participate in silicon bring-up and characterization of analog blocks, validating performance against specifications
Contribute to design reviews, documentation, and intellectual property generation

✅ Required Qualifications

Education: B.Tech / M.Tech / Ph.D. in Electronics / Electrical Engineering
Experience: 3–10 years of hands-on analog/mixed-signal IC design experience
Strong expertise in CTLE, FFE, DFE circuit design for high-speed wireline links
Proficiency in high-speed data converter design (DAC/ADC) for mixed-signal SoCs
Deep understanding of ESD protection methodologies for analog front-ends
Strong proficiency with SPICE-based simulation tools (Spectre, HSPICE, Eldo)
Understanding of transistor-level design in deep submicron CMOS processes

🌟 Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

Experience with automotive-grade design standards (AEC-Q100, ISO 26262)
Exposure to SerDes PHY architecture (Ethernet PHY, FPD-Link, MIPI, PCIe)
Background in bandgap references, bias circuits, PLLs, and VCOs
Familiarity with EM/IR simulation and layout parasitic extraction
Experience contributing to tape-out on production silicon

💡 What Makes This Role Unique

⚡ Cutting-Edge Circuits Design analog circuits at the bleeding edge of automotive SerDes
🚗 Domain Impact Your circuits go into automotive safety & perception systems globally
🔄 Full Lifecycle Ownership Spec → Silicon → Customer — all from Bangalore
🤝 Cross-Domain Collaboration Work alongside digital, DSP, firmware & systems engineers
🌍 Global Influence Shape products deployed in automotive platforms worldwide
📈 Career Growth High-visibility role with direct impact on product success
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