Director, Analog Design

1010 Analog Devices Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog Devices, Inc. seeks a Director of Analog Design to lead a small team of engineers delivering critical analog IP for complex SoCs. You will own architecture, specification, layout, and production release while collaborating with digital, verification, and firmware groups.

You will influence roadmaps, manage multiple IP programs, and drive low-power strategies, ensuring robust design practices and on-time delivery in a global organization.

Qualifications

• Led, coached, and retained a small analog/mixed-signal design team.
• Translates product requirements into analog specs and tradeoffs.
• Experience delivering multiple analog or mixed-signal SoC programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop an analog design team with clear priorities.
• Own delivery of analog/mixed-signal IP for SoCs from design to production.
• Direct design of oscillators, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, and power-management blocks.
• Guide system-level architecture and interface definitions with cross-functional teams.
• Establish design review practices across process corners and aging effects.
• Support silicon validation, root-cause analysis, and production issues.

Skills

People Leadership

Analog and Mixed-Signal SoC Expertise

System Architecture

Low-Power Design

Design Quality and Signoff

Program Execution

Cross-Functional Leadership

Silicon and Production Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

SPICE-based simulation

Job description

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What’s Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and X.

Director, Analog Design

About the Role As Director of Analog Design in the Digital Business Unit, you will lead a small team of analog engineers developing critical analog IP for complex system-on-chip (SoC) products. You will combine hands-on technical depth with people leadership, portfolio execution, and cross-functional influence to deliver robust oscillators, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, power-management circuits, and low-power architectures from concept through high-volume production.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small analog design team, setting clear priorities, coaching engineers, building technical depth, and fostering accountability, collaboration, and career growth
• Own delivery of analog and mixed-signal IP for Digital Business Unit SoCs from architecture and specification through schematic design, verification, layout, characterization, qualification, and production release
• Direct the design of key SoC functions including oscillators and clock references, ADCs, DACs, PLLs and clock-generation circuits, power-management blocks, monitors, biasing, reset, and low-power control circuitry
• Drive system-level architecture and partitioning, balancing performance, power, area, cost, schedule, reuse, manufacturability, and product risk across analog and digital boundaries
• Establish robust design and review practices for specifications, modeling, simulation, layout, verification, and signoff across process, voltage, temperature, aging, mismatch, noise, and parasitic variation
• Partner closely with digital design, verification, physical design, systems, product, test, applications, process, packaging, and firmware teams to define interfaces, power intent, clocking, reset, calibration, trim, testability, behavioral models, and silicon bring-up plans
• Lead low-power design strategy, including power-domain partitioning, power gating, retention, sequencing, dynamic power reduction, standby modes, wake-up behavior, and analog performance during supply transitions
• Manage execution across multiple projects and IP developments, allocating resources, tracking milestones and dependencies, identifying technical and staffing risks, and driving timely closure of critical issues
• Guide IP reuse and methodology improvement by developing scalable architectures, documentation, design automation, verification approaches, and lessons learned that improve quality and predictability across SoC programs
• Support silicon validation and production, leading root-cause analysis and corrective action for complex lab, yield, reliability, and customer issues
• Influence product and technology roadmaps by translating business and customer needs into analog capability plans, investment priorities, and differentiated SoC solutions
• Build organizational capability through hiring, performance management, succession planning, mentoring, and effective use of internal and external design resources
• Silicon and Production Problem Solving: Track record of leading bring-up, characterization, yield improvement, failure analysis, and resolution of complex technical issues through production
• Strategic and Business Judgment: Ability to connect technology choices and staffing investments to product roadmaps, customer value, portfolio priorities, and business outcomes
• Communication and Influence: Clear, credible communication with engineers, senior leaders, customers, and partners, including concise technical reviews and executive-level recommendations

Must Have Skills

• People Leadership: Demonstrated success leading, coaching, and retaining a small team of analog or mixed-signal IC designers while setting expectations and developing future technical leaders
• Analog and Mixed-Signal SoC Expertise: Deep knowledge of transistor-level design and mixed-signal integration in CMOS SoCs, with expertise in several of the following: oscillators, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, clocking, references, regulators, power management, and low-power circuitry
• System Architecture: Ability to translate product requirements into analog specifications, partition functions across analog, digital, firmware, and test domains, and make sound power-performance-area-cost tradeoffs
• Low-Power Design: Strong understanding of power domains, sequencing, retention, power gating, standby and wake-up behavior, leakage reduction, and mixed-signal operation across dynamic supply conditions
• Design Quality and Signoff: Mastery of SPICE-based simulation, statistical and corner analysis, noise and stability analysis, extraction, layout review, DRC/LVS, reliability, and design-for-test considerations
• Program Execution: Proven ability to plan and deliver multiple IP and SoC programs, manage priorities and dependencies, assess risk, and drive decisions under schedule and resource constraints
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Ability to align analog, digital, verification, physical design, systems, test, applications, process, packaging, and firmware teams without relying solely on direct authority
• Silicon and Production Problem Solving: Track record of leading bring-up, characterization, yield improvement, failure analysis, and resolution of complex technical issues through production

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred
• Typically 15+ years of relevant analog IC design experience, including substantial experience with CMOS SoC development
• Prior direct people-management experience leading a small analog design team; experience managing senior technical contributors strongly preferred
• Demonstrated success delivering multiple complex analog or mixed-signal products from definition and architecture through tape-out, silicon validation, qualification, and high-volume production
• Hands-on design depth in multiple relevant areas such as oscillators, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, references, regulators, power management, and low-power design
• Experience with analog/digital interface definition, behavioral modeling, mixed-signal verification, physical-design collaboration, and top-level SoC integration
• Proven record of building teams, developing engineers, improving design methodology, and delivering through changing priorities and constrained resources
• Evidence of technical innovation through successful products, reusable IP, patents, publications, or recognized contributions to analog and mixed-signal design

Why You’ll Love Working at ADI

At Analog Devices, you’ll be part of a collaborative and innovative team that’s shaping the future of technology. We offer a supportive environment focused on professional growth, competitive compensation and benefits, work-life balance, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects that make a real impact on the world. Your expertise will shape the future of technology, and you’ll be supported by a culture that values continuous advancement and professional growth. Join us and help create the technologies that bridge the physical and digital worlds, making a tangible difference in how people live, work, and connect.

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Job Req Type: Experienced Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time Shift Type: 1st Shift/Days

Analog Devices, Inc. Corporate Summary

Analog Devices, Inc. is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What’s Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and X. Come join ADI – a place where Innovation meets Impact.

For more than 55 years, Analog Devices has been inventing new breakthrough technologies that transform lives. At ADI you will work alongside the brightest minds to collaborate on solving complex problems that matter from autonomous vehicles, drones and factories to augmented reality and remote healthcare. ADI fosters a culture that focuses on employees through beneficial programs, aligned goals, continuous learning opportunities, and practices that create a more sustainable future.