Principal Analog Design Engineer - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Originally posted 17 August 2026 by the employer — open 24 days.
About the role
You will work on disruptive mixed-signal solutions for AI infrastructure.
What you'll do
- High speed analog circuit design, such as high-speed broadband amplifiers (VGA, CTLE, DRV)
- Clock generation and distribution (VCOs, PLL, clock distribution)
- Design fundamental analog blocks (bandgap references, LDOs, temp sensors)
- Design custom passive components, from concept to silicon implementation
- Supervise analog layouts within advanced process nodes
- System verification and circuit design spec creation
- Silicon bring-up, debug and support
What you'll need
- Master’s degree and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5+ years of experience
- Strong analog design fundamentals and experience in designing analog circuit blocks for broadband amplification, clock generation and distribution, and/or fundamental analog blocks
- Experience with analog design and verification tools (Virtuoso, Spectre, ADE, and post layout extraction tools)
- Experience in advance CMOS design and verification flows (tools to evaluate self-heating, electromigration, safe operating area)
- Knowledge of the fundamentals on electromagnetism, lump models, and high frequency design
Nice to have
- Experience with electromagnetic simulation tools (EMX, Momentum, HFSS or other)
- Good understanding of analog layouts in FinFET and its effect on high-speed designs
Skills: high-speed broadband amplifiers, VCOs, PLL, optical transceiver, Virtuoso, Spectre
This role has been open 23 days — well below the 66-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Analog Design
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Open roles in category
259
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Median days open
66 d
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Median salary
$156k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Celero | All employers we track in this specialty (259 roles · 46 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 259 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 9 | 1317 · 100 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 66 d (−43 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $156k |
Skills observed across this category: high-speed broadband amplifiers, VCOs, PLL, optical transceiver, Virtuoso, Spectre
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 33 open roles · median 45 d
- Texas Instruments · 30 open roles · median 111 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 15 open roles · median 65 d
- Renesas Electronics · 14 open roles · median 53 d
- onsemi · 13 open roles · median 111 d
- Semtech · 11 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 259 open Analog IC Design (Analog Design) roles from 46 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 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.