Senior Design Engineer (Automotive) - Chengdu - China, China
Originally posted 3 November 2025 by the employer — open 323 days.
About the role
This role involves the complete design, simulation, and validation of automotive power management ICs. The focus will be on power switch design and switching DCDC regulators for automotive applications.
What you'll do
- Work with system architects to define new products.
- Carry out development activities from design to validation.
- Supervise layout and perform verification.
- Prepare test plans and characterize products.
- Support bench evaluation at silicon and application levels.
- Develop behavioral models for analog and mixed-mode circuits.
What you'll need
- MSEE degree.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in analog design.
- Extensive experience in switching DCDC regulators design, including multi-phase buck, boost, and buck-boost converters.
- Deep understanding of different control architectures.
- Understanding of Mix-signal IC design.
- Knowledge of device physics and process technologies applicable to Power IC design.
- Expertise in HSPICE/PSPICE/Spectre simulator.
Nice to have
- Experience in power switch design and production.
Skills: power switch design, DCDC regulators, buck/boost converters, control architectures, HSPICE/Spectre
This role has been open 186 days — well above the 73-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Management
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Open roles in category
70
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Median days open
73 d
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Median salary
$158k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Monolithic Power Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (70 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 70 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 32 | 1344 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 186 d | 73 d (+113 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: power switch design, DCDC regulators, buck/boost converters, control architectures, HSPICE/Spectre
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics · 15 open roles · median 77 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 40 d
- Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 83 d
- Monolithic Power Systems (this employer) · 6 open roles · median 186 d
- AMD · 5 open roles · median 91 d
- Infineon Technologies · 5 open roles · median 74 d
How we counted: 70 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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.