Senior Principal Embedded Software Architect

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation, robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy, and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay ahead of what is possible.

About the Role

The Software and Digital Platform Group is looking for a Senior Principal Embedded System Architect to serve as a premier technical lead within our HW/SW Co-Design and System Architecture team, with a bias toward the software side of system architecture. This role is about enabling effective downstream chip development through earlier virtual platforms, data-backed architectural exploration, and hands‑on data flow analysis at the system level.

Your primary responsibility is ensuring a strong software voice is present during critical design and architecture phases, making the right architectural decisions and tradeoffs early in the SoC and IP design cycle well before silicon exists.

• Lead SoC co‑architecture alongside digital/analog teams to balance hardware complexity, software efficiency, and customer usability at product definition.
• Build SystemC‑based virtual platforms and develop proof‑of‑concept code to profile, model, and validate design choices before RTL is written.
• Translate complex use cases into requirements, assessing data paths and co‑defining hardware accelerators to optimize software execution.
• Define and develop core architecture for bootloaders, initialization sequences, microcode, and kernel drivers.
• Champion best‑in‑class hardware debuggability/observability from early silicon bring‑up through field deployment.
• Act as the premier technical proxy for customer software teams while providing high‑level mentorship across the hardware/software boundary.

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 20+ years of system software architecture or firmware development experience.
• Proven track record of influencing hardware design early in the silicon lifecycle.
• Deep knowledge of memory hierarchies, AMBA bus protocols (AXI/AHB/APB), DMA, and RISC‑V/ARM architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with SystemC (TLM
  2.0) for early architecture exploration.
• Expert in C/C++ embedded software, bootloaders, and drivers within RTOS (Zephyr) and Embedded Linux environments.
• Experienced in silicon bring‑up and JTAG debugging, with the ability to read RTL (Verilog/System Verilog) to evaluate hardware intent.
• Exceptional communication skills in presenting complex architectural tradeoffs to hardware engineers, executives, and customer teams.

• Experience with hardware emulation (e.g., Palladium), FPGA prototyping, and pre‑silicon workflows.
• Experience defining debug/trace infrastructure (Core Sight, JTAG) and performance modeling.
• Knowledge of signal processing, mixed‑signal architectures, power management, and DVFS.
• Ability to review board schematics and use standard lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Familiarity with modern Dev Ops for virtual platforms (CI/CD, Docker) and network protocols.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce – Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State – Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8U.S.C.1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

Job Req Type:
Experienced
Required Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time

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