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Principal High Speed Mixed Signal Circuit Design Engineer

United States(Hybrid)

The successful candidate shall possess the capability to design and analyze high-speed, high-performance analog/mixed-signal circuits, including data converters, PLLs, and SERDES, in advanced CMOS FinFET technologies. She or he shall bring the design to production. Engaging in high-speed analog circuit design gives you the chance to create the technical differentiation that will allow Infinera to hold market leadership. By building cutting-edge circuitry, we will together revolutionize the era of efficient high-speed transmission.

NION2026

Your responsibilities

• Design, implement, and simulate the functionality and performance of various high speed analog circuits, including the ADCs and DACs;
• Create the layout floor plans to optimize the overall performance; Supervise the layout activities and give concise guidelines to layout engineers, need to be hands on in drawing layout if necessary;
• Exploring the trade-offs of the different topologies and propose the best solution to achieve or exceed the requirements in terms of power/area/linearity/bandwidth, etc.
• Develop the analog testing plans and work with the PE/TE teams to characterize the functionality and performance of the products to ensure the quality;
• Need to support and comply with the team’s design methodologies and release flows.

Your skills and experience

Mandatory Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Must be extremely familiar with essential CAD tools, such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, Incisive, Calibre, EMX, and Totem EM/IR, etc.
• Must have a proven tracking record of designing complex analog / mixed signal IPs or chips in deep submicron CMOS technologies.
• Must have experiences in bringing high performance analog IPs including but not limited to high-speed ADC, high-speed DAC, and high-frequency low-jitter PLL to production.
• Must have a decent understanding in CMOS analog / mixed signal design methodologies and circuit analysis;
• Must have a good understanding of device physics and the impacts of layout effects;
• Able to perform the behavioral modeling the blocks and circuits with Verilog-A or Verilog-AMS;
• Collaborative with other local or remote team members in a fast-paced professional environment.

Preferred Knowledge/Skill/Abilities

• Fluent in verbal and written communications;
• Independently resolves issues and conquer design challenges;
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented;
• Has the knowledge of (optical) communication theories and Matlab coding.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Principal Design Engineer: M.S. in E.E. with 12+ years’ experience, or Ph.D. in E.E. with 8+ years’ experience

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Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

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What we offer

• Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

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• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
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Additional Information

US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to:

• Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
• Health and dental benefits
• Short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
• Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

The above benefits exclude students.

Disclaimer for US/Canada

Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity.(Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role)

All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.

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Job Info

• Job CategoryApplied R&D
• Posting Date04/17/2026
• Degree LevelDoctor’s degree (e.g PhD)
• Job ScheduleFull time
• Job TypeExperienced
• Job Identification23161
• Will NSA/CAPS approval be required? (E.g., accessing a US Customer Network?)No
• Role TypeIndividual contributor
• Salary RangeUS Salary range: $159,727.27 - $296,636.36

\* Plus potential incentive/variable compensation for eligible roles

• Locations6373 San Ignacio Avenue, San Jose, California, 95119-1200, US(Hybrid)
• Regular or TemporaryRegular

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