MCU Power Architect - Catania, Italy
$61,000 - $83,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
This team will create high impact microcontrollers (MCU) as part of NXP’s intelligent AI at the Edge.
About the role
This role defines, architects, and integrates DC-DC systems within Microcontroller (MCU) products and MCU-based systems.
What you'll do
- Define, architect, and integrate DC-DC systems for Microcontroller (MCU) products.
- Simulate DC-DC systems based on behavioral models.
- Quantify block level specifications for implementation.
- Quantify implementation impairments in overall system performance.
- Work with system architects and marketing to develop power solutions for MCU based products.
- Define innovative DC-DC, switcher architectures including buck, buck-boost, boost, and capacitive converters.
- Simulate DC-DC, switcher architectures including digital control and analog impairments using matlab, Simplis or equivalent simulators.
- Perform block level analog design, layout oversight, review, and signoff when required.
What you'll need
- Master's degree in electronic engineering.
- 10+ years of product development experience including switch mode power supplies design and architecture.
Skills: power solutions, DC-DC converters, switcher architectures, digital control, analog impairments
This role has been open 21 days — well below the 96-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Management
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Open roles in category
68
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Median days open
96 d
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Median salary
$165k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (68 roles · 22 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 68 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 55 | 1461 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 81 d | 96 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: power solutions, DC-DC converters, switcher architectures, digital control, analog impairments
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics · 13 open roles · median 104 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 75 d
- Infineon Technologies · 7 open roles · median 69 d
- Analog Devices · 5 open roles · median 95 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 5 open roles · median 221 d
- AMD · 4 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 68 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 22 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.