Staff Wireless IC Digital Designer

Job Title

Staff Wireless IC Digital Designer

Role Summary

Lead the digital design and integration of RF/wireless system-on-chip (SoC) products, from product definition through silicon bring-up and production. The role spans RF system architecture, digital baseband and RTL design, verification, FPGA validation, lab characterization, and production support.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 8–12 years of relevant digital design experience (preferred range provided by employer).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include architecture, design, verification, and production transfer for wireless/RF SoC digital IP and systems.

• Develop product requirements and RF/digital SoC specifications.
• Define and document RFIC system and SoC digital architectures to meet power, performance, and area targets.
• Perform RTL design and integration of block-level and RFIC digital architectures.
• Simulate and verify RTL and gate-level functionality at block and SoC levels; create verification plans.
• Execute synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), logical equivalence checking (LEC), and ATPG pattern generation.
• Oversee SoC physical design interactions and closure activities.
• Complete FPGA-based verification for radio IP prior to tape-out and support lab characterization.
• Support high-volume manufacturing handoff and collaborate with Product and Test teams.

Requirements

Core skills and capabilities required for success in this role.

• Expertise in communication systems, digital signal processing (DSP), and modern wireless digital baseband design.
• Experience with bit-level modeling and simulation for performance trade-off analysis.
• Strong RTL design, integration, and verification experience for radio/SoC IP.
• Experience with synthesis, STA, LEC, ATPG, and gate-level timing simulation.
• FPGA verification experience for radio IP and hands-on lab validation skills.
• Technical leadership: ability to provide direction, define architecture, and drive methodology improvements.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and customer-facing experience translating requirements into solutions.
• Experience supporting production transfer and working with test and product teams.

Education Requirements

Preferred: Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Employer indicates 8–12 years of relevant digital design engineering experience as preferred. Equivalent experience accepted.

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.