Sr Principal Design Engineer - San Jose, United States
$154,000 - $286,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 July 2026 by the employer — open 43 days.
About the role
This role involves developing physical IP for industry-standard high-speed serial-links, focusing on all mixed-signal design, verification, and testing aspects.
What you'll do
- Contribute to mixed-signal design, verification, and testing aspects.
- Perform circuit design and development from high-level architectural specifications.
- Develop and execute post-silicon test plans.
- Collaborate with the digital team for functional and performance closure.
What you'll need
- Thorough understanding of mixed-signal circuit design fundamentals.
- Thorough understanding of mixed-signal circuit design and verification flows.
- Thorough understanding of Cadence analog design environment.
- Thorough understanding of basic signal processing concepts.
- Ph.D. EE degree with 5+ years or MS EE degree with 7+ years of mixed-signal design industry experience in advanced process technologies.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with serial link design techniques.
- Familiarity with data converter (ADCs and/or DACs) and/or clock synthesis and recovery (PLLs, DLLs, CDRs) techniques.
- Familiarity with MATLAB or C for architecture development.
- Familiarity with Hardware description languages such as SystemVerilog or VerilogA for functional model development.
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Perl or Python for automation.
- Silicon validation testing knowledge and experience.
Skills: mixed signal design, advanced process technologies, IC design
This role has been open 105 days — well above the 79-day median for Mixed-Signal Design roles.
Mixed-Signal Design · Mixed Signal
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Open roles in category
173
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$178k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cadence Design Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (173 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 5 | 173 |
| Median days open | 162 d | 79 d (+83 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: mixed signal design, advanced process technologies, IC design
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices · 25 open roles · median 117 d
- Infineon Technologies · 14 open roles · median 71 d
- NVIDIA · 12 open roles · median 51 d
- SiTime · 11 open roles · median 169 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 55 d
- Microchip Technology · 8 open roles · median 168 d
How we counted: 173 open Mixed-Signal Design (Mixed Signal) roles from 44 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Figures refresh nightly.