Where is this role based?
Bengaluru, India. Full time, on our silicon team.
Silicon · Custom layout · Bengaluru
Senior Analog Layout Engineer
Own the physical layout of analog and mixed-signal blocks — data converters, PLLs, bandgaps, LDOs, amplifiers, SerDes and RF front ends — where the layout is the circuit. Floorplan, place and route custom devices for matching, isolation and electromigration margin, then take the block through parasitic extraction and post-layout closure to a DRC/LVS-clean GDSII. A hands-on, polygon-level role working beside the circuit designers.
THE WORK
What the role involves.
- Floorplan analog and mixed-signal blocks — device placement, pin and bus planning, and the isolation strategy decided before the first polygon.
- Draw full-custom, device-level layout for matched structures — current mirrors, differential pairs, capacitor and resistor arrays — using common-centroid and interdigitated placement, dummies and routing symmetry.
- Plan guard rings, substrate contacts, deep-n-well isolation and physical separation between switching logic and sensitive analog nodes.
- Build electromigration- and IR-aware power and ground distribution, and parasitic-aware, shielded routing for critical and high-speed nets.
- Lay out RF and high-speed blocks — matching networks, inductors, transmission lines and controlled-impedance routing where package and EM effects matter.
- Design to ESD and latch-up rules and to the foundry’s DFM and reliability requirements on a modern node.
- Close the block to signoff — DRC, LVS, antenna and density — then RC extraction (PEX) and post-layout simulation across corners with the circuit designer.
- Hand the circuit team a clean, extracted block with the parasitic data they need, and mentor junior layout engineers on technique.
TO APPLY
Send us something specific.
A CV is fine. What helps more is a paragraph about a block you laid out that was hard to get right — a matched converter array, a sensitive bandgap next to noisy logic, an EM-limited power grid, an RF front end where the layout set the performance — what the constraint was and how you solved it. Apply through our application form — attach your résumé and write a cover letter. The cover letter is required.
COMMON QUESTIONS
What engineers ask before they call.
What experience is expected?
8+ years in full-custom analog or mixed-signal layout — someone who has owned blocks to signoff, not just drawn cells. The number is a guide, not a filter.
Is this digital place-and-route?
No. This is full-custom, polygon-level analog and mixed-signal layout — matching, isolation, EM/IR and parasitic closure. Digital place-and-route and physical design sit with a separate team.
How do I apply?
Apply through the application form. A résumé and a cover letter are both required — the cover letter is not optional.
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