The Power Control team is seeking a highly experienced Staff Design Evaluation Engineer to support our Datacenter and Energy Business Unit at ADI's Research Triangle Park location in North Carolina. The Power Control team develops next-generation controllers and power regulation devices. Our team of IC designers, mask designers, and design evaluation engineers work in various sites across the globe with a growing concentration in the Research Triangle. In addition to power controllers aimed at datacenters, our team also creates best-in-class general-purpose products to service broad markets.
As a Staff Design Evaluation Engineer, you will take a leadership role in defining and advancing post-silicon validation strategy across products and programs. You will serve as a key technical resource, directing evaluation efforts, developing new methodologies, and representing the evaluation function in cross-organizational and customer-facing engagements. This role requires the ability to work with significant autonomy, anticipate challenges, and influence outcomes across and beyond the immediate team.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
• Lead post-silicon validation strategy for complex and critical power IC programs, from pre-silicon planning through production release
• Develop and advance evaluation methodologies, measurement techniques, and test frameworks that raise the standard of practice across the team
• Provide technical leadership ahead of tape-out, influencing design-for-test decisions and evaluation readiness across multiple concurrent programs
• Develop and champion the use of AI tools and advanced automation to accelerate design evaluation development and execution
• Resolve complex characterization and silicon debug problems requiring in-depth analysis and evaluation of multiple variable factors, taking a lead role in problem resolution
• Represent the evaluation team as a principal technical contact with design leads, applications engineering, and other cross-organizational stakeholders
• Interact regularly with management and senior personnel on matters requiring coordination across organizational lines
• Direct the work of less experienced engineers, model professional behaviors, and actively mentor team members to influence their career growth and technical development
• Promote collaborative teamwork and knowledge sharing within the organization
• Work as part of a cross-functional multi-site test, design, applications, and business team, often serving in a project leadership capacity
• Anticipate change in project direction or business needs and proactively redirect evaluation efforts
Minimum Qualifications
• MSEE, or BSEE with significant industry experience
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in semiconductor post-silicon validation, characterization, and debug
• Demonstrated expertise in power management ICs (controllers, converters, LDOs, PMICs)
• Experience with lab equipment including DMM, oscilloscope, function generator, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, SMU, and electronic loads
• Proven ability in automating lab bench setups using Python, C, C#, or equivalent
• Experience with hardware development for evaluation: PCB schematic entry, layout, and debug using tools such as SPICE, Altium, PADs, or Allegro
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across, up, and down the organization
• Track record of mentoring engineers and directing technical work without formal management authority
Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with a broad range of power supply topologies and control schemes
• Experience with National Instruments PXI or similar automated test platforms
• Experience with FPGA development for test and measurement applications
• Knowledge of industry landscape for power applications
For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position - except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) - may have to go through an export licensing review process.
Job Req Type: Experienced
Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
Shift Type: 1st Shift/Days
