Lead Analog Design Engineer

Job Title

Lead Analog Design Engineer

Role Summary

Architect and deliver high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for wired automotive connectivity (Ethernet and related technologies). Lead product, system, and block-level architectural decisions and guide designs from requirements through tape-out, silicon validation, qualification, and production release.

Work on the Hyderabad design team, collaborate with global cross-functional teams, and mentor other engineers to grow analog and mixed-signal capability.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typically requires 7+ years of relevant analog or mixed-signal IC design experience.

Responsibilities

Lead technical execution and deliver transistor-level analog/mixed-signal IC blocks across the product lifecycle.

• Define and optimize complex analog and mixed-signal IC architectures, specifications, and implementation plans.
• Design transistor-level circuits: amplifiers, data converters, line drivers/receivers, references, clocking circuits, regulators, and analog interfaces.
• Perform schematic and post-layout simulation and analysis (PVT, Monte Carlo, noise, stability, transient) and resolve integration issues.
• Direct and review layout and floorplanning with attention to matching, parasitics, isolation, signal integrity, and manufacturability.
• Drive designs to tape-out readiness and support silicon bring-up, lab characterization, debug, qualification, yield improvement, and production release.
• Collaborate with product, systems, digital design, verification, process, test, quality, and manufacturing teams.
• Lead engineering trade-offs across performance, power, area, cost, schedule, reliability, and EMC considerations.
• Mentor engineers, conduct technical reviews, and promote reusable design methodologies and best practices.
• Support technical customer engagements and contribute new circuit and system concepts.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• Proven technical leadership and end-to-end ownership of complex IC designs from specification through tape-out and silicon validation.
• Expertise in transistor-level analog design, CMOS device behavior, feedback, noise, matching, variability, and reliability.
• Strong hands-on design experience in amplifiers, ADCs/DACs, line interfaces, references, regulators, clock-generation circuits, filters, and power-distribution functions.
• Advanced proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre or equivalent IC design and simulation tools.
• Deep understanding of analog layout techniques and the ability to direct and review layout for optimum performance and manufacturability.
• Experience with IC tape-outs, silicon bring-up, laboratory measurement, debug, and correlation of measured results with simulation.
• Excellent problem-solving, technical communication, documentation, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with automotive Ethernet physical-layer circuits, wired automotive transceivers, or high-speed communication architectures.
• Familiarity with automotive functional-safety, qualification, reliability, EMC, or ESD requirements applied to IC development.
• Experience with behavioral modeling, mixed-signal verification, or digitally assisted analog techniques.
• Evidence of technical innovation such as patents, publications, or reusable design methodologies.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline is required.

About the Company

Company: Analog Devices

Headquarters: Norwood, Massachusetts, USA

Analog Devices is a leading global semiconductor company that bridges the physical and digital worlds, enabling breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. With a focus on innovation, ADI develops solutions that drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare. The company employs around 24,000 people globally and reported revenues exceeding $9 billion in FY24, creating technologies that transform lives across various sectors.