Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer

Swave Photonics

Senior Mixed-Signal Design Engineer at Swave Photonics, building holographic technology and control systems. Leading design and verification while ensuring integration with digital logic.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeLeuven • 🇧🇪 BelgiumSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Key architect of our holographic pixel control systems.
Lead the design, verification, and layout of critical analog and mixed-signal blocks.
Ensure seamless integration with digital logic.
Perform rigorous pre- and post-layout verification to ensure silicon functionality.
Provide detailed guidance to layout engineers and perform hands-on layout for critical blocks.
Partner closely with digital designers to define interfaces.
Take ownership of chip bring-up, using lab tools and automation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience: Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) IC design.
Tooling Expertise: Advanced proficiency in industry-standard EDA tools, specifically Cadence (Virtuoso/Spectre) and Calibre (LVS/DRC/PEX).
Proven Track Record: At least one (ideally multiple) successful tape-outs in Sensor ICs and/or Power Management ICs.
Bonus points: Design experience with DC-DC converters, LDOs, and bandgap references.
Image sensor chip ownership would be a plus.
High-Speed Interfaces: Background in high-speed data path design or signal integrity.
Reliability Analysis: Practical experience with IR-drop and Electromigration (EM) analysis.
Lab & Automation: Experience with bench characterization and automation via Python (or similar scripting languages).
Soft Skills & Personality: Collaboration, agility, and fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A culture built on authenticity, trust, and openness.
A small but ambitious team with a bias for action.
An environment where creativity and purpose drive everything we do.
Space to take ownership, experiment, and see your ideas come to life.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Analog IC designMixed-Signal IC designChip bring-upHigh-speed data path designSignal integrityIR-drop analysisElectromigration analysisDC-DC converters designLDO designBandgap references design

Soft Skills

CollaborationAgilityFluency in English