Senior Principal Engineer, Power Systems Design/Architect

Job Title

Senior Principal Engineer, Power Systems Design/Architect

Role Summary

Lead a small team of senior power system architects to define scalable power architectures, solution platforms, and product strategies across high-growth application domains such as industrial automation, robotics, and sensing. The role spans concept definition, system architecture, development support, validation, customer engagement, and post-release solution support.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience in power systems, power management ICs, power modules, or system-level semiconductor solution development.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include technical leadership, system architecture, portfolio strategy, and customer engagement.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of power system architects with clear domain ownership.
• Establish an architecture process to capture customer problems, define system requirements, and identify power-tree trade-offs.
• Define scalable power architectures covering conversion, protection, isolation, telemetry, sequencing, monitoring, safety, efficiency, and system control.
• Translate customer requirements into reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and product concepts with clear trade-offs and requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews to ensure solutions are technically credible, manufacturable, supportable, and aligned to portfolio strategy.
• Partner with product management, marketing, engineering, and business development to prioritize investments and convert architecture insights into product roadmaps and business cases.
• Engage with strategic customers and field teams to position ADI solutions at the architecture level and support design-in activities.
• Create reusable reference architectures, simulation models, evaluation platforms, training materials, and technical collateral.
• Track and report business impact from architecture activities, including pipeline creation and product definition outcomes.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience for immediate success in the role. Preferred items are listed separately.

• Minimum ~10+ years of experience in power systems, power management ICs, power modules, or system-level solution development.
• Deep technical knowledge of power conversion, distribution, protection, isolation, thermal trade-offs, efficiency, transient response, EMI/EMC, and reliability.
• Proven ability to lead senior technical talent and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills and experience translating technical trade-offs into product and business implications.
• Experience supporting field teams, FAEs, and customers with architecture guidance and technical escalation.
• Ability to produce technical collateral: design guides, reference architectures, simulation models, and evaluation platforms.
• Required travel: approximately 10–20% for customer and internal needs.
• Shift: 1st Shift / Days.
• Nice-to-have: experience in industrial automation, robotics, instrumentation, energy or data infrastructure, automotive, or aerospace/defense.

Education Requirements

Minimum: BSEE required. MSEE or PhD preferred. Equivalent practical experience in power electronics, electrical engineering, system architecture, or related technical fields is acceptable.

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.