Senior Application Design Engineer - Barcelona, ES, Spain
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves transistor-level analog IC design and EDA applications engineering, contributing to design methodologies used across RF, analog, mixed-signal, and digital IC groups.
What you'll do
- Design, simulate, and characterize high-performance analog and mixed-signal building blocks.
- Own circuits end-to-end from circuit design through silicon characterization and debug.
- Provide technical design leadership, mentor engineers, and contribute to invention disclosures and technical publications.
- Provide day-to-day applications support to design teams on industry-standard EDA tools (Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and related platforms).
- Develop, qualify, and deploy silicon design methodologies and flows.
- Evaluate, benchmark, and qualify new EDA tools and capabilities.
What you'll need
- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in transistor-level analog IC design.
- Demonstrated design experience with amplifiers, comparators, voltage references/bias circuits, oscillators, ADCs/DACs, or mixed-signal subsystems.
- Expert knowledge of Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and standard analog verification/characterization tools.
- Strong fundamentals in analog circuit design, device physics, noise analysis, stability and compensation, and matching/PVT variation analysis.
- Hands-on silicon characterization and debug experience.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with RF transceiver and front-end design and their system-level trade-offs/specifications.
- End-to-end analog/RFIC development experience from definition through productization.
- Experience with AMS verification and digital design/verification flows, and familiarity with tools such as Xcelium, Synopsys HSPICE/PrimeSim, VCS, Keysight ADS, or AWR.
- Experience defining enterprise EDA design flows, tool qualification processes, or collaborating with EDA vendors on roadmap development.
- Knowledge of EM, package, thermal, or multi-physics simulation.
- Familiarity with data analysis/programming tools such as MATLAB, JMP, Spotfire, Python, or ADS AEL.
Skills: Analog/RF IC Design, Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, silicon characterization, EDA Applications Engineering, design methodology
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 69-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Analog Design
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Open roles in category
265
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$153k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | QORVO | All employers we track in this specialty (265 roles · 49 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 75 | 1326 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 4 d | 69 d (−65 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $153k |
Skills observed across this category: Analog/RF IC Design, Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, silicon characterization, EDA Applications Engineering, design methodology
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 33 open roles · median 56 d
- Texas Instruments · 29 open roles · median 101 d
- Renesas Electronics · 16 open roles · median 40 d
- onsemi · 15 open roles · median 122 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 13 open roles · median 76 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 22 d
How we counted: 265 open Analog IC Design (Analog Design) roles from 49 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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.