Senior Principal Engineer, Silicon Device & Key Product Enablement

Job Title

Senior Principal Engineer, Silicon Device & Key Product Enablement

Role Summary

Technical lead within the Key Product Enablement team responsible for enabling strategic semiconductor products from development through qualification, transfer, ramp, and high-volume manufacturing.

Connects product and design requirements with device capability, silicon technology, fab execution, reliability, and manufacturing strategy.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 15+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical leadership, device and process integration, and cross-functional coordination to ensure product electrical performance, yield, and reliability.

• Act as technical authority for silicon and device-related aspects of key product enablement.
• Develop and maintain deep understanding of device architecture, silicon technology, electrical performance, and manufacturing dependencies for key products.
• Translate product requirements into device, process, modeling, characterization, and manufacturing requirements.
• Identify critical device/process parameters that affect performance, matching, yield, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership for new device development and integration for next-generation products.
• Lead technical aspects of product and process transfers across internal fabs and external foundries.
• Diagnose and resolve complex problems spanning device physics, circuit behavior, process technology, yield, reliability, and manufacturing.
• Analyze device, wafer-level, process, yield, and product-test data to relate silicon variation to product performance.
• Identify technology risks and develop mitigation strategies for qualification, capacity expansion, and supply continuity.
• Mentor senior engineers and build device/silicon expertise across engineering and manufacturing organizations.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for immediate impact; preferred items listed separately.

• 15+ years of semiconductor industry experience in device, process, or manufacturing roles.
• Deep expertise in semiconductor device physics, device characterization, and silicon technology.
• Strong understanding of how device characteristics and process variation affect product electrical performance.
• Extensive knowledge of wafer fabrication, process integration, semiconductor manufacturing, and product qualification.
• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems across device, product, process, yield, and reliability domains.
• Experience supporting technology development, product transfers, fab or foundry qualification, or manufacturing ramps.
• Strong analytical skills, technical leadership, and cross-functional communication capability.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Nice-to-have:

• Broad device experience (CMOS, bipolar/BiCMOS, JFET, high-voltage devices, SiGe, precision passives).
• Experience with analog, mixed-signal, precision, power, or RF products and device modeling.
• Experience transferring products/technologies between internal fabs and external foundries.
• Knowledge of semiconductor reliability, qualification, and failure mechanisms.

Education Requirements

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Device Physics, Materials Science, Applied Physics, or a related field.

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.