Analog & Mixed-Signal IC Designer · Technical Lead · Engineering Systems
I design ultra-low-power analog and mixed-signal circuits and help engineering teams unblock complex work across architecture, physical implementation, verification and tapeout. My work combines hands-on circuit design, technical delivery and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
One line of work: AI agents that design and lay out circuits against executable criteria, with the engineer setting the goals and judging the results. Two pillars carry it; the standard-cell case study below is the result it has already produced.
Executable specifications, simulation loops and continuous verification applied to analog and mixed-signal development, so that every change to a requirement reruns the checks it affects.
In development. Tried so far on analog blocks in simulation. No mixed-signal chip designed autonomously by AI has been delivered. Where this is going.
AI agents working with layout generation, measurement and physical verification feedback, with DRC and LVS as executable acceptance criteria.
Demonstrated on a standard-cell library, in the case study below.
Case study · demonstrated result
Architecture, transistor-level design, simulation, precision and ultra-low-power circuits.
Full-custom layout, floorplanning, extraction, LVS/DRC, ECOs and sign-off support.
Independent review, root-cause analysis, lab correlation and recovery of difficult programmes.
Repeatable specifications, verification loops, EDA automation and agent-assisted engineering.
How agentic AI changes analog IC design: machine-readable specifications, continuous verification, cross-domain contracts and a different job for the engineer.
How Claude Code adapted the open-source LibreCell generator to reproduce a hand-drawn 180 nm standard-cell library to within 4% of its area.
Development of a radio frequency transmitter for biomedical implants using impulse-radio ultra-wideband technology for brain-machine interfaces and other medical applications.
I have worked in electronics since 2001 and in integrated-circuit design since 2009, across Portugal, Norway and Denmark. My experience spans ultra-low-power IoT, precision audio, industrial sensing and semiconductor design infrastructure.
I remain a hands-on designer, but much of my work also involves making complex engineering programmes executable: clarifying technical decisions, connecting disciplines, building effective teams and creating verification systems that expose problems early.
I completed a dual Executive MBA at Porto Business School and Kozminski University in 2026. It complements the engineering work by giving me a stronger framework for the product, investment and commercial decisions around it.
Independent engineering work is delivered through ParallelCascade.
