Senior Application Engineer - Analog/Mixed-Signal

Job Title

Senior Application Engineer — Analog/Mixed-Signal

Role Summary

Customer-facing pre-sales engineering role supporting semiconductor customers in analog and mixed-signal design. Partner with sales, marketing, and product teams to demonstrate solutions, manage evaluations, and drive adoption of MATLAB and Simulink for analog/mixed-signal workflows.

Hybrid role based in the Santa Clara office with regular customer engagement across North America.

Experience Level

Senior — typical 6+ years of relevant industry experience (alternatively a master’s with ~3 years, a PhD, or equivalent practical experience as noted in qualifications).

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership in pre-sales activities and customer engagements for analog/mixed-signal solutions.

• Deliver technical presentations, demonstrations, and application examples to customers and at public events.
• Manage product evaluations and develop customer adoption plans.
• Advise sales and marketing on semiconductor industry requirements and help shape account/territory strategies.
• Collaborate with marketing to build awareness and with product teams to provide customer-driven feedback.
• Identify new industry trends and application areas; develop compelling demos and messages with the worldwide team.
• Advocate for product direction based on customer interactions and technical findings.
• Establish credibility across customer organizations and cultivate champion users of MathWorks solutions.
• Travel to customer sites and events as needed (up to ~30%).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; followed by relevant additions.

• Strong experience with top-down (system-level) design of PLLs, DACs, ADCs, SERDES, or other analog/mixed-signal systems.
• Experience with EDA tools such as Cadence, Synopsys, or Mentor Graphics.
• Good understanding of semiconductor product development lifecycles and design flows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong motivation to work directly with customers.
• Nice-to-have: experience using MATLAB and/or Simulink.
• Nice-to-have: familiarity with hardware description languages (VHDL, Verilog, Verilog-AMS, SystemVerilog).
• Nice-to-have: prior customer-facing or pre-sales engineering experience.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree plus ~6 years of professional experience, or a Master’s degree plus ~3 years, or a PhD, or equivalent practical experience. Preferred guidance in additional qualifications noted a Master’s in engineering with ~5–12 years of relevant experience.

About the Company

Company: MathWorks

Headquarters: Natick, Massachusetts, USA

MathWorks develops computing software for engineers and scientists, best known for MATLAB and Simulink. Its tools enable modeling, simulation, data analysis, and verification across industries including automotive, aerospace, communications, and semiconductors.