Staff Analog Design Engineer (AMS) - MA, Wilmington, United States
$131,285 - $190,108 USD yearly
Originally posted 30 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading the design and development of complex analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, working with significant latitude to solve challenging technical problems.
What you'll do
- Perform feasibility, conceptual, and detailed design of mixed-signal Integrated Circuits (ICs) in deep submicron CMOS technologies.
- Design and develop analog and mixed-signal circuits, ensuring performance across process, voltage, and temperature variations.
- Evaluate customer requirements and decipher information into chip-level and block-level specifications, including area, cost, and power tradeoffs.
- Move beyond schematic design to anticipate tradeoffs in physical design and block interaction; guide physical design (layout) engineers.
- Assist product engineers with silicon validation and debug by conducting measurements and analyzing lab data.
- Collaborate with product definers, verification engineers, process engineers, test engineers, and application engineers to ensure designs meet performance objectives.
What you'll need
- 10 years of work experience or a degree in electrical engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Extensive experience in analog or mixed-signal IC design.
- Proven track record of successful IC tape-outs and silicon validation.
- Design experience in several of: RF Amplifiers, LNAs, Mixers, VGAs, Data converters, PLL, VCOs, clock generation, Bandgaps, and Op-amps.
- Expert-level ability to design and analyze complex analog circuits.
- Demonstrable understanding of deep submicron technologies, including electromigration, aging, and technology limitations.
- Expertise in mixed-signal IC design and integration, including signal integrity, noise mitigation, and power optimization.
- Fluency with industry tools including Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, EMX, Spice, Heatwave.
- Deep understanding of IC layout considerations, including parasitics, matching, and performance optimization.
- Test and debug experience.
Nice to have
- Masters degree or higher.
- Publications or patents in analog/mixed-signal design.
- Experience with FinFET design.
- Understanding of RF microwave concepts including impedance matching, power transfer, isolation, transmission line design, and s-parameters.
- Experience with test equipment, strong lab skills, and silicon evaluation.
Skills: mixed-signal IC design, deep submicron CMOS, RF Amplifiers, Data converters, Cadence Virtuoso
This role has been open 61 days — well below the 92-day median for Mixed-Signal Design roles.
Mixed-Signal Design · Mixed Signal
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Open roles in category
153
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Median days open
92 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 | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (153 roles · 42 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 153 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 92 | 1385 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 77 d | 92 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: mixed-signal IC design, deep submicron CMOS, RF Amplifiers, Data converters, Cadence Virtuoso
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices (this employer) · 24 open roles · median 77 d
- Infineon Technologies · 14 open roles · median 80 d
- NVIDIA · 11 open roles · median 53 d
- SiTime · 11 open roles · median 189 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 57 d
- Broadcom · 7 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 153 open Mixed-Signal Design (Mixed Signal) roles from 42 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.