Lightmatter
Analog/Mixed Signal Architect
Toronto, ON +2 · Full-time · Posted Jul 14, 2026
- Location
- Toronto, ON
Boston, MA
Mountain View, CA - Education
- PhD in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a discipline related to analog design.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control laws.
About the job
Architect high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuit solutions for optical transceivers and photonic interconnect products, defining specifications and collaborating across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Propose architectures for 50G-and-beyond AMS blocks, including drivers, TIAs, equalizers, ADC/DACs, PLLs, and CDRs.
- Work with analog and photonics teams on performance, power, and area estimates and high-bandwidth interconnect solutions.
- Author, review, and validate architectural specifications.
What they ask for
- PhD in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a discipline related to analog design.
- Experience designing and testing optical front-end receivers and transmitters and related circuits in advanced CMOS.
- Power user of Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Spectre, Verilog-A, and IBIS-AMI simulators.
- Ability to collaborate across disciplines and strong written, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Understanding of signal processing and signal integrity in optical communication.
- Experience with silicon photonic devices, including Mach-Zehnder and microring modulators and thermally tuned components.
Pay
$124,000 — $177,000 CAD (base salary; posting labels this range as salary and says total compensation also includes equity and other rewards)
Tools
Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Spectre, Verilog-A, IBIS-AMI, CMOS, TIAs, CTLE, DFE
AI focus
Supports optical interconnect infrastructure for AI and HPC computing clusters; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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