Staff Engineer, Digital Design Engineering

Job Title

Staff Engineer, Digital Design Engineering

Role Summary

Lead digital IC design for high-performance MCU/DSP/NPU products within Analog Devices' Technology, Product & Operations organization. Deliver system and micro-architecture, RTL implementation, verification planning, and silicon bring-up for production-quality SoC IP.

Collaborate with verification, implementation, and product teams to optimize performance, power and area; apply tools and automation to improve design productivity.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typically 7+ years of professional experience in digital IC/SoC design (staff/lead engineer level).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Define system-level and micro-architectures for complex digital blocks and subsystems.
• Lead RTL design and micro-architecture decisions balancing performance, power and area.
• Produce detailed block and subsystem design specifications and implementation documentation.
• Plan and coordinate verification activities; perform waveform debug, regression troubleshooting, and coverage sign-off.
• Participate in implementation tasks: lint, CDC, constraints, synthesis, formal verification, ECO, timing and power closure.
• Support silicon bring-up, characterization and debug activities.
• Drive methodology improvements and share best practices across the organization.
• Apply AI/automation tools to enhance design automation, optimization and modeling workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (verification, layout, firmware, product) to deliver tapeouts.
• Travel approximately 10% as required.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• Strong hands-on expertise in RTL design, digital architecture, and SoC integration.
• Solid understanding of block-level and system-level verification methodologies and flows.
• Familiarity with EDA flows (synthesis, static timing analysis, verification) and scripting with Python, Tcl or Perl.
• Proven ability to lead design projects from architecture through silicon validation and product debug.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills; able to work independently and lead cross-functional efforts.

Nice-to-have:

• Knowledge of CPU/DSP/NPU architectures and digital signal processing concepts.
• Experience with AI-assisted design tools or workflows to improve productivity.

Education Requirements

M.S. in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 7 years of digital IC/SoC design experience, or Ph.D. with a minimum of 5 years of digital IC/SoC design 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.