Senior Principal Design Engineer - Greensboro, NC, United States
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the architecture, design, simulation, layout oversight, and characterization of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The focus is on new and innovative solutions for mobile device power management and RF front end solutions.
What you'll do
- Architect, design, simulate, and characterize analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
- Oversee layout of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
- Design precision amplifiers and comparators, voltage references, bias circuits, oscillators, clock generation circuits, ADCs, DACs, and power management building blocks.
- Develop mixed-signal control and calibration circuits.
- Collaborate with system architects, digital designers, product teams, and customers.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers.
What you'll need
- BSEE with 15+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Strong analog IC design experience at the transistor level.
- Experience designing amplifiers, comparators, voltage references, bias circuits, oscillators, ADCs/DACs, or mixed-signal subsystems.
- Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and analog verification tools.
- Strong understanding of analog circuit design fundamentals, device physics, noise analysis, stability and compensation techniques, and matching and PVT variation analysis.
- Hands-on silicon characterization and debug experience.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. degrees with 15+ years of experience.
- Familiarity with RF transceiver and front-end architectures, trade-offs, and system specifications.
- End-to-end analog/RFIC development experience from definition to productization.
- Solid knowledge of device physics over PVT and frequency.
- Knowledge of data analysis and programming tools such as MATLAB, JMP, Spotfire, and ADS AEL.
Skills: Analog IC Design, power management, RF front end, amplifiers, ADCs/DACs, Cadence Virtuoso
This role has been open 27 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
293
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$151k
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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 (293 roles · 50 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 293 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 73 | 1402 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 69 d (−46 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $151k |
Skills observed across this category: Analog IC Design, power management, RF front end, amplifiers, ADCs/DACs, Cadence Virtuoso
Who's hiring in this category
- Texas Instruments · 36 open roles · median 74 d
- Micron Technology · 25 open roles · median 72 d
- Analog Devices · 21 open roles · median 15 d
- Renesas Electronics · 21 open roles · median 22 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 17 open roles · median 79 d
- onsemi · 16 open roles · median 120 d
How we counted: 293 open Analog IC Design (Analog Design) roles from 50 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 7 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.