Semiconductor Design Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA
The Boston area runs on analog and RF. Analog Devices anchors it from Wilmington, and the surrounding cluster of Cambridge, Woburn, Burlington, and Lowell has kept precision analog and mixed-signal work close to where it started, in defense and communications electronics.
Semiconductor design engineer jobs in Boston sit mostly with a handful of names: Analog Devices, the Silicon Labs Boston office, MACOM in Lowell, Skyworks in Woburn, Marvell, and Synopsys. Raytheon's Andover site pulls in defense-side IC and system work. Around them is a long tail of smaller analog and RF shops.
The work here leans toward data converter and precision analog design, RF and microwave front ends, high-speed signal chains, and the mixed-signal blocks that tie them together. If you have taped out a precision ADC or a power amplifier and you know which parasitics start to matter above a few GHz, this market has real depth for you.
Who hires and for what: Analog Devices for data converters and signal chain; Skyworks and MACOM for RF and microwave parts; Silicon Labs for wireless and IoT SoCs; Raytheon for defense electronics. You can see who is posting on the roundup of companies hiring across the region.
On pay, mid-level analog and RF design engineers around Boston generally land in the $130K to $170K base range, with senior and staff roles reaching $180K to $230K base before bonus and stock. That trails Silicon Valley on headline numbers, but suburban housing costs less, so the gap narrows on take-home. The salary guide breaks ranges down by discipline and level.
The talent pipeline is a genuine advantage. MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, and Boston University feed a steady stream of EE graduates into the local analog and RF teams, and plenty of engineers stay in the region for the academic and hospital ecosystem around them.
Save a search on semidesignjobs.com filtered to the Boston metro and your design discipline, and you will get an email when a matching analog or RF role opens. For more, browse Analog Devices IC design roles and RF IC design jobs.
FAQ
Which semiconductor companies have major design operations in Boston?
Analog Devices (headquartered in Wilmington, MA), the Silicon Labs Boston office, MACOM Technology Solutions in Lowell, Skyworks in Woburn, and Raytheon Intelligence and Space in Andover run the largest teams. A long list of smaller analog and RF IC companies fills out the greater Boston ecosystem.
Which chip design specializations are strongest in Boston?
Analog and mixed-signal IC design, RF and microwave chip design, high-speed data converter development, and defense and aerospace semiconductor work. The area has a deep bench in precision analog design that most other US markets cannot match.
How does the Boston semiconductor job market compare to Silicon Valley?
Boston pays less on headline compensation, but suburban cost of living is lower, so take-home closes some of the gap. Job density is lower too, though the concentration in analog and RF IC design creates strong, steady demand for those specific skills.