Principal Digital Design Engineer

Job Title

Principal Digital Design Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Precision Signal Chain Group (PSC) as a Principal (Lead) Digital Design Engineer responsible for architecture and delivery of complex digital and mixed-signal SoC products. The role covers concept through design, verification, implementation and release, and involves cross-disciplinary collaboration with analog, software, test and product teams.

Locations include Valencia (Spain), Limerick (Ireland), Edinburgh (UK) and Newbury (UK); role is full-time, onsite at listed locations.

Experience Level

Senior — requires approximately 12+ years of relevant digital design engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver technical leadership and hands-on execution across the digital design lifecycle.

• Define technical strategy and lead architecture for complex digital/SoC designs.
• Act as technical authority and lead architecture reviews and decisions.
• Engage with customers and industry partners on strategic products.
• Design and implement RTL (SystemVerilog), define synthesis/timing constraints, and perform static timing analysis.
• Run Formal and CDC analysis and guide DFT and physical design efforts.
• Analyze power consumption and power integrity for digital designs.
• Produce design documentation and present design reviews.
• Participate in project and cross-team collaboration meetings; mentor and develop technical staff.

Requirements

Core skills and experience required for immediate contribution.

• Must have: 12+ years of experience in digital design engineering with SoC/ASIC product development and productization.
• Proven authority in complex SoC architecture design and implementation; strong processor/DSP fundamentals.
• Hands-on RTL experience (SystemVerilog) and familiarity with Formal and CDC methodologies.
• Experience defining synthesis/timing constraints, performing STA, and guiding physical design and DFT.
• Mastery of processor architectures and bus fabric protocols (AHB, APB, AXI).
• Broad experience with digital interfaces (SPI, I2C, SPMI, I3C, UART, etc.).
• Multi-domain collaboration experience working with analog, software, test and product teams.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel ~10% for customer and partner engagements.

• Nice to have: Deep experience with end-to-end ASIC/SoC productization; domain knowledge aligned to precision converters and mixed-signal products.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a closely related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

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.