Analog Design Engineer - Sr Staff - San Jose, CA, United States
Originally posted 12 January 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing, implementing, and verifying analog/mixed-signal IC designs for various motion sensor products.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and verify analog/mixed-signal IC designs.
- Evaluate system-level trade-offs for sensor interfaces and identify IC architectures.
- Collaborate with digital design engineers on sensor architectures and digital signal processing circuits.
- Guide layout engineers on physical design, reviewing and providing feedback.
- Tape-out designs on schedule adhering to required specifications.
- Evaluate and validate designs in the lab and implement corrective actions for deviations.
What you'll need
- MSEE +8 Years or PhD EE +5 Years of industry experience in analog or mixed-signal CMOS circuit design.
- Thorough understanding of analog and mixed signal systems and micro-architecture trade-offs.
- Proven track record of designing low-power, low-noise, precision switched-capacitor CMOS analog amplifier (OPAMP), or analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for high volume manufacturing.
- Strong skills in designing MEMS sense amplifiers (precision switched-capacitor OPAMP), Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), Bandgap references, Charge pumps, and Oscillator circuits.
- Experience as IC lead on at least one project with demonstrated success.
- Experience with design for test approaches and development of characterization and production test plans.
- Lab and test equipment skills for the debug, characterization, and validation of designs.
Skills: CMOS circuit design, analog-to-digital converter, OPAMP, mixed-signal, lab validation
This role has been open 16 days — well below the 67-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Analog Design
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Open roles in category
312
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Median days open
67 d
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Median salary
$151k
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| Metric | InvenSense | All employers we track in this specialty (312 roles · 50 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 312 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 1 | 1413 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 16 d | 67 d (−51 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $151k |
Skills observed across this category: CMOS circuit design, analog-to-digital converter, OPAMP, mixed-signal, lab validation
Who's hiring in this category
- Texas Instruments · 39 open roles · median 67 d
- Analog Devices · 26 open roles · median 18 d
- Micron Technology · 25 open roles · median 75 d
- Renesas Electronics · 24 open roles · median 25 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 18 open roles · median 60 d
- onsemi · 15 open roles · median 116 d
How we counted: 312 open Analog IC Design (Analog Design) roles from 50 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.