Principal Analog ​/ Power IC Design Engineer

Principal Analog / Power IC Design Engineer

As a Principal Analog / Power IC Design Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical authority responsible for the architecture, design, verification, and productization of advanced high voltage power management integrated circuit (IC) products. You will lead complex IC product developments as a Chip Lead, mentor engineering teams, and influence direction across multiple products and engineering disciplines. This role blends deep circuit-level expertise, system-level ownership, and cross-functional leadership to deliver high-performance, high-reliability power solutions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture & System Definition

• Working with the New Product Definition team, define chip-level and block-level architectures and implementations for AC-DC and DC-DC converters, LDOs, gate drivers, power stages, digital/mixed-signal blocks, and high-voltage analog circuits.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust architectures, control schemes, protection strategies, and performance targets.
• Evaluate tradeoffs in performance (e.g., efficiency, transient response, EMI, thermal behavior, etc.), risk, reliability, schedule, and cost.

2. Chip Lead Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical leadership for the entire IC program from concept through production.
• Coordinate and align with new product definition, marketing, and all other engineering domains, including digital/mixed-signal design, layout, verification, test, product, quality/reliability, packaging, process technology, and applications.
• Drive top-level integration, ensuring block interfaces, timing, power sequencing, and protection interactions are correct and robust.
• Lead cross-functional program reviews, risk assessments, and design closure activities.
• Manage technical schedules, identify critical paths, and ensure on-time delivery of design and product milestones.
• Serve as the primary technical decision-maker and escalation point for architecture, design, and silicon issues.
• Ensure the chip meets performance, reliability, and manufacturability requirements across all operating conditions.
• Represent the product team in executive, customer, and technical forums.

3. Analog & Power Circuit Design

• Lead transistor-level design of precision analog, mixed-signal, power, and high-voltage circuits in high voltage BiCMOS technologies.
• Design key blocks including:
  Bandgaps, references, amplifiers, comparators;
  Power stages, gate drivers, level-shifters;
  Current/voltage sensing;
  Oscillators, PLLs, biasing networks;
  Protection circuits (OCP, OVP, OTP, UVLO, soft-start);
  Perform advanced simulations (AC, transient, noise, stability, Monte Carlo, aging, parasitic extraction, etc.)

4. Verification, Modeling & Methodology

• Define and drive verification strategies, behavioral modeling, and mixed-signal simulation flows.
• Collaborate with layout team to optimize die and block floor plans, parasitics, matching, and reliability.
• Lead design reviews; demonstrate and enforce best-practice methodologies across teams and sites.

5. Silicon Validation & Productization

• Work with test engineering to define ATE test plans, DFT strategies, and production screening.
• Lead bench/lab evaluation, silicon debug, characterization, and correlation to simulation and ATE.
• Support reliability testing and qualification, failure analysis, and yield improvement activities.

6. Cross-Functional Technical Leadership

• Partner with new product definition, systems, applications, product, test, device/process technology, and marketing teams to ensure product success.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and senior engineers and support staff.
• Represent the design team in program reviews, customer discussions, and cross-site/cross-function collaborations.

7. Strategic & Organizational Impact

• Influence technology roadmaps, design methodologies, and long-term capability development.
• Drive continuous improvement in design flows, modeling accuracy, verification coverage, and silicon robustness.
• Contribute to hiring, training, and developing engineering talent across the organization.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 12–15 years of experience in analog and power IC design with multiple successful tape-outs and product releases.
• Proven leadership in driving complex switching regulator IC products from concept to high-volume production.
• Deep expertise in analog and power-management design and high voltage CMOS/BiCMOS/BCD process technology.
• Familiarity with multiple switching regulator topologies and control architectures. Demonstrated deep expertise in at least one topology and control scheme.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across multiple sites.
• Working knowledge of Cadence simulation and layout tools.