Staff Applications Engineer – Power - CA, San Jose, Rio Robles, United States
$150,978 - $218,624 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting Analog Devices IVR (Empower) portfolio from final product development through customer design-in. You will act as a trusted consultant for product evaluation, simulation, design-in, and system bring-up of Datacenter solutions.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain customer-ready design collateral including reference designs, schematics, PCB layouts, and simulation models.
- Create demonstration platforms and custom board-level power solutions for high-power point-of-load applications supporting SoCs, processors, and xPUs.
- Analyze customer power delivery networks, boards, and packages using PDN, power-integrity, and FEM/CAD extraction tools.
- Build and correlate circuit and system simulations using tools like SIMPLIS, and automate system-level validation with Python.
- Support prototype evaluation, board bring-up, qualification, and production readiness in customer and ADI laboratories.
- Perform hands-on power-system measurements using oscilloscopes, Bode plotters, and load emulators, correlating results with simulation models.
What you'll need
- BSEE.
- 5 years of experience in Power Applications Engineering validating products and full power system PCB level designs.
- 3 years’ experience in design of DC-DC converter including component selection, system design, and analysis by simulation and lab measurements for PMICs, multiphase bucks for low voltage (<1V) and high current (300A+) applications.
- Hands-on experience with laboratory equipment and automated measurements for bring-up and characterization of customer boards.
- Knowledge of programming languages and tools for automated testing and prototyping such as Python.
- Experience in PCB design, layout and optimization.
- Experience using circuit simulation and design tools including Spice, Simplis, MATLAB and correlation with lab measurements.
- Experience in PDN and power integrity analysis using SI/PI tools such as Pathways or Sigrity.
Skills: Applications Engineer, power delivery, DC-DC converter, customer design-in, system bring-up
This role has been open 15 days — well below the 66-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
208
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Median days open
66 d
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Median salary
$160k
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| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (208 roles · 26 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 208 |
| Median days open | 37 d | 66 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $160k |
Skills observed across this category: Applications Engineer, power delivery, DC-DC converter, customer design-in, system bring-up
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 51 open roles · median 109 d
- Infineon Technologies · 36 open roles · median 64 d
- Texas Instruments · 25 open roles · median 32 d
- Renesas Electronics · 23 open roles · median 18 d
- Analog Devices (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 37 d
- Nexperia · 10 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 208 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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. Figures refresh nightly.