Principal Chip Lead - CA, Milpitas, Tasman, United States
$180,642 - $261,579 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves architecting, designing, and optimizing advanced power delivery systems from concept to production. The focus is on high-frequency and high-density power converters for AI processors and data centers applications on FinFet processes.
What you'll do
- Lead project: own top-level design and verification, and partition blocks.
- Drive design flow to keep the project on schedule and error free.
- Design IP blocks and communicate knowledge to the team.
- Supervise top level IC floorplan and layout development.
- Perform IC evaluation, including initial bring-up, detailed bench characterization, timely debug, and design fix.
- Support test development and qualification plans to bring products to mass production.
What you'll need
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering with 12+ years' experience in Power IC design.
- Experience in chip/project lead (2+ projects) with 5+ team members.
- Demonstrated track record in successfully leading analog power IC design projects from initial concept into mass production.
- Switching converters design experience, including power stage and controller architecture.
- Ability to do transistor circuit design in one or more of the following areas: bandgap, precision voltage and current references, variable gain amplifiers, continuous time filters, PLLs (analog, hybrid and digital), ADCs (Flash, SAR, sigma-delta), voltage regulators, temperature sensors, I/O blocks, DAC, sense and protection circuits.
- Strong knowledge in device physics and deep sub-micron processes.
- Proficiency in Cadence design and verification tools.
Nice to have
- Project management and organizational skills.
Skills: Power IC design, switching converters, FinFet, analog power IC, bench characterization
This role has been open 57 days — below the 60-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Power Management
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Open roles in category
93
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$170k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (93 roles · 15 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 93 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 93 | 1385 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 125 d | 60 d (+65 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $170k |
Skills observed across this category: Power IC design, switching converters, FinFet, analog power IC, bench characterization
Who's hiring in this category
- onsemi · 22 open roles · median 41 d
- Renesas Electronics · 22 open roles · median 48 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 9 open roles · median 194 d
- Infineon Technologies · 7 open roles · median 89 d
- QORVO · 7 open roles · median 30 d
- Texas Instruments · 7 open roles · median 54 d
How we counted: 93 open Analog IC Design (Power Management) roles from 15 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 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.