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Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year
Requirements: Extensive experience in high-speed SerDes or PHY architecture for advanced semiconductor products.Strong expertise in mixed-signal and analog IC design.Deep understanding of CDR, PLL, equalisation, clocking architecture, jitter analysis and signal integrity.Experience with NRZ and PAM4 signalling.Experience with advanced CMOS process technologies.Demonstrated experience delivering multiple generations of silicon from architectural definition through tape-out and production validation.Proven technical leadership within multidisciplinary semiconductor engineering organisations.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Responsibilities: Define the long-term architecture and technology roadmap for next-generation high-speed SerDes and PHY solutions.Lead the architecture, design direction and technical strategy for advanced mixed-signal interface technologies.Drive architectural trade-offs across bandwidth, power, latency, signal integrity, jitter, area, reliability and manufacturability.Provide technical leadership throughout the complete silicon development lifecycle, from architectural definition through tape-out, silicon bring-up and production validation.Collaborate closely with digital design, verification, physical design, packaging, system architecture and product engineering teams.Evaluate emerging technologies and define future product directions aligned with market requirements.Represent us in technical engagements with customers, industry partners and academic institutions where appropriate.Foster a culture of engineering excellence, innovation and technical leadership. Technologies: Architect More:
We are establishing our UK IC design centre and are looking for a Founding Chief SerDes Architect to lead our in-house SerDes R&D capability. This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who wants to define architecture, build a high-calibre design team, and take ownership of next-generation high-speed interface technology from concept to silicon. The role is U.K.-based, with flexibility depending on experience.
last updated 33 week of 2026