Staff Systems Design Engineer - United States
$150,978 - $218,624 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.
About the role
This role involves driving mixed-signal IC products from concept through production silicon, encompassing analog, digital, firmware, and system architecture. The position focuses on providing technical leadership and contributing to architectural decisions across disciplines.
What you'll do
- Drive mixed-signal IC products from concept through production silicon.
- Provide technical leadership on critical projects.
- Contribute to architectural decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Work across analog circuit design, digital RTL, mixed-signal integration, and system-level architecture.
What you'll need
- 8+ years of IC design experience spanning analog, digital, or mixed-signal.
- MSEE or PhD in Electrical Engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines: analog circuit design, digital RTL/synthesis, mixed-signal integration, and system-level architecture.
- Proven track record of successful IC tape-outs and silicon validation.
- Experience delivering designs from concept through layout to production.
- Experience with power management, sensor interfaces, and data converters.
- Proficiency in Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/ADE, digital synthesis and place-and-route flows.
- Strong understanding of CMOS process technology from mature nodes (180nm) through advanced nodes, including electromigration, aging, and technology limitations.
- Deep understanding of IC layout considerations, including parasitics, matching, and performance optimization.
- Silicon bring-up and lab debug experience with scopes, analyzers, and evaluation boards.
- Experience with AI-assisted design methodologies, agentic AI, and LLM-driven workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience applying AI/ML tools to IC design workflows: agentic AI, LLM-assisted code generation, automated verification, or AI-driven design exploration.
- Firmware and embedded development experience (C/C++, Python, microcontroller programming).
- SystemVerilog and UVM verification experience.
- Experience with multiple foundry process nodes and process migration.
Skills: mixed-signal IC products, analog circuit design, digital RTL, system-level architecture, silicon validation, power management
This role has been open 1 day — well below 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 | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (173 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 173 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 73 | 1317 · 100 employers |
| Median days open | 109 d | 79 d (+30 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: mixed-signal IC products, analog circuit design, digital RTL, system-level architecture, silicon validation, power management
Who's hiring in this category
- Analog Devices (this employer) · 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. 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.