Principal Analog Design Engineer

TylSemi

$175K — $350K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in analog or mixed-signal IC design
  • Strong fundamentals in analog circuit design and device physics
  • Proficient with EDA tools and simulation flows like Spectre/HSPICE
  • Experience closing designs through post-layout considerations
  • Ability to translate system needs into design plans
  • Strong debugging skills with validation team collaboration
  • Clear communication in cross-functional environments

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end analog block development from requirements to signoff
  • Design and optimize a variety of analog/mixed-signal circuits
  • Drive performance across various conditions and reliability factors
  • Partner with layout for strategic design execution and closure
  • Develop testbenches and documentation for efficient verification
  • Support silicon bring-up, debug issues, and implement fixes
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system success

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment across multiple disciplines
  • Opportunities for design methodology improvements and best practice sharing
  • Access to state-of-the-art EDA tools and resources
  • Engagement with high-performance analog designs
  • Potential involvement in product ramp and yield learning initiatives
Full Job Description
Role Overview

As an Analog Design Engineer at Tylsemi, you will design and deliver high-performance analog and mixed-signal circuits that enable robust, manufacturable silicon. This role spans a wide experience range (5-30 years) and is ideal for engineers who combine strong fundamentals with practical execution-translating system requirements into silicon-ready designs, validating performance across corners, and partnering closely with layout, verification, test, and product teams to drive first-time-right outcomes.

What You'll Do

  • Own end-to-end analog block development: requirements definition, architecture, transistor-level design, simulation, and signoff
  • Design and optimize analog/mixed-signal circuits such as amplifiers, references, biasing, regulators (LDO/DC-DC support), comparators, oscillators/clocking, data converters (as applicable), and sensor/AFE front ends
  • Drive performance across PVT corners, mismatch/Monte Carlo, aging/reliability considerations, and realistic loading/interaction with surrounding blocks
  • Partner with layout to guide floorplanning, matching/guarding strategies, parasitic-aware design, and post-layout closure (PEX)
  • Develop and maintain testbenches, modeling collateral, and documentation to enable efficient verification and integration
  • Support silicon bring-up and debug: correlate lab data to simulations, root-cause issues, and implement design fixes or ECOs
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with digital, firmware, DFT, validation, and product engineering to ensure system-level success
  • Contribute to design methodology improvements: reusable circuits, checklists, signoff flows, and best practices that scale across programs

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of experience in analog or mixed-signal IC design (scope and ownership aligned to experience level)
  • Strong fundamentals in analog circuit design, device physics, noise, stability/compensation, and feedback systems
  • Proficiency with industry-standard EDA tools and simulation flows (e.g., Spectre/HSPICE, ADE, waveform/debug tooling)
  • Experience closing designs through post-layout parasitics and across process/voltage/temperature corners
  • Ability to translate ambiguous system needs into clear block requirements and executable design plans
  • Strong debugging skills and comfort working with lab/validation teams to correlate silicon to simulation
  • Clear communication and high ownership in cross-site, cross-functional environments

Nice to Have

  • Experience with high-speed or precision analog (low-noise, low-offset, high-linearity) depending on product needs
  • Background in power management (LDOs, bandgaps, references, protection, start-up, transient response)
  • ADC/DAC, PLL/clocking, or SERDES-adjacent analog experience
  • Familiarity with reliability/ESD considerations and design-for-manufacturability practices
  • Experience supporting production ramp: yield learning, characterization, and test correlation

Success in This Role Looks Like

  • Analog blocks meet spec with margin across PVT, mismatch, and post-layout effects
  • Design reviews are crisp: requirements, tradeoffs, and risks are clearly articulated and managed
  • Silicon bring-up converges quickly through strong correlation, structured debug, and decisive fixes
  • Cross-functional partners (layout, verification, test, validation) can execute efficiently with clear interfaces and documentation
  • Reusable design collateral and improved methodology reduce cycle time and increase first-pass success

READY TO JOIN?

The pay range for this role is:

175,000 - 350,000 USD per year (San Jose (HQ))

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