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About the Role
Lead the architecture, design, and validation of high-speed RFICs for optical transceivers and engines. Provide technical and functional leadership to the RFIC team, defining specifications and roadmaps for advanced optical platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and validation of high‑speed RFICs (Laser Drivers, TIAs, analog front‑ends) for optical transceivers and optical engines
- Act as technical and functional lead of the RFIC team, providing direction across multiple product programs
- Define RFIC specifications and roadmaps aligned with coherent and direct‑detect optical platforms (100G, 800G ZR / ZR+, 1.6T ZR / ZR+)
- Own technology selection and trade‑offs across SiGe BiCMOS, RF CMOS, and advanced foundry processes
- Drive RFIC development through the full lifecycle: concept → silicon → bring‑up → DVT → PVT → MP
- Ensure RFIC performance against key metrics: bandwidth, noise, linearity, output swing, power, and robustness
- Mentor and technically guide RFIC engineers and junior designers
- Support recruitment and capability building (RFIC design, CAD, layout)
- Contribute to long‑term technology strategy and next‑generation optical engine concepts
- Represent RFIC technology internally and externally (foundries, partners, universities)
Requirements
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field
- 10+ years’ experience in high‑speed analog / RFIC design
- Proven experience with optical transceiver or optical engine RFICs
- Deep expertise in RFIC and high‑speed analog circuit design
- Deep expertise in Laser Drivers, TIAs, coherent / high‑speed analog front‑ends
- Deep expertise in Noise, linearity, signal integrity, and power optimization
- Strong experience with Cadence design flow (Virtuoso, Spectre, EM tools)
- Experience supporting silicon bring‑up, characterization, and qualification
- Solid understanding of electro‑optic integration with Silicon Photonics
- Demonstrated technical leadership in complex R&D environments
- Ability to balance hands‑on technical work with roadmap and team leadership
- Strong communication skills across disciplines and geographies
- Comfortable working in a matrix, multi‑site organization
Skills
- High-speed RFIC design
- Analog circuit design
- Laser Drivers
- TIAs
- Coherent / high-speed analog front-ends
- Noise optimization
- Linearity optimization
- Signal integrity
- Power optimization
- Cadence design flow
- Virtuoso
- Spectre
- EM tools
- Silicon bring-up
- Silicon characterization
- Silicon qualification
- Electro-optic integration
- Silicon Photonics
- Technical leadership
- Roadmap planning
- Team leadership
- Communication skills
- Matrix organization
- Multi-site organization
Location
- Huntsville, Alabama
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years’ experience
- Technical leadership
Education Level
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field
Benefits
- Possibility to work in an international, multicultural environment
- Strong team-oriented, friendly work culture
- Flexible working hours model
- Internal training program
- Fitness, commuting and kindergarten allowances
- Free drinks and fruits
- Employee discounts e. g. for events and branded products
About the Company
- Adtran is a leading global provider of fiber-based networking solutions and SaaS applications, focused on the broadband access market.
- Our comprehensive portfolio spans from the metro core to the customer premises, enabling network providers to deliver Gigabit broadband to every home and business.
- Our vision is to enable a fully connected world where the power to communicate is available to everyone, everywhere.
- At Adtran, we believe in our people.
- With a diverse and inclusive team spread across the globe, our culture embraces creativity and seeks innovation and quality in everything we do.
- Built on a foundation of communication, trust, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit enables us to be a global technology leader and a strong customer advocate.
- Adtran began operations in January 1986.
- Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Adtran is located in Cummings Research Park - the second-largest research park in the U.S. and fourth-largest in the world.
- Our mailing address is 901 Explorer Boulevard, Huntsville, Alabama, 35806.
- Adtran, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adtran Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN and FSE: QH9).
- Find out more at adtran.com, or follow our story on LinkedIn and Twitter.