Staff Power Architect – System Design - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Originally posted 3 September 2026 by the employer — open 7 days.
About the role
This Staff Power Architect – System Design role is responsible for architecture definition, modeling, and technical leadership for PMIC and advanced DC/DC converter products.
What you'll do
- Define and own architectures for PMIC and advanced power converter products.
- Drive architecture trade-offs and define operating modes, startup and shutdown sequencing, and system boundary conditions.
- Develop and maintain low-level and system-level models using tools such as Simplis.
- Analyze stability, transient response, fault behavior, and corner cases.
- Collaborate with analog design, digital, verification, validation, test, and applications teams.
- Create and maintain architecture documentation and detailed sub-block specifications.
What you'll need
- Strong experience in PMICs, DC/DC converters, or mixed-signal power systems.
- Experience with architecture definition and architectural analysis for power management products.
- Familiarity with modeling tools such as Simplis and Simulink.
- Ability to work across disciplines and influence technical decisions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and reviews.
Nice to have
- Experience contributing to advanced power converter programs.
- Familiarity with emerging architectures such as Multi-Level Converter (MLC) topologies.
- Familiarity with multi-rail power systems and power sequencing.
- Experience supporting silicon bring-up, validation, and root-cause analysis.
Skills: PMIC, advanced power converter, architecture definition, operating modes, Simplis
This role has been open 6 days — well below the 61-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Management
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Open roles in category
72
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Median days open
61 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 | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (72 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 72 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 80 | 1320 · 101 employers |
| Median days open | 65 d | 61 d (+4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: PMIC, advanced power converter, architecture definition, operating modes, Simplis
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 15 open roles · median 65 d
- Qualcomm · 7 open roles · median 34 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 6 open roles · median 174 d
- Analog Devices · 5 open roles · median 65 d
- Infineon Technologies · 5 open roles · median 62 d
- AMD · 4 open roles · median 82 d
How we counted: 72 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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.