Senior Applications Engineering Manager, Power uModule Group

Analog Devices; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401k

Paid vacation

Holidays

Sick time

Job summary

Analog Devices, Inc. is seeking a Senior Applications Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for customer success, product execution, and business growth for power uModule products.

You will align customer needs with product strategy and engineering plans across multiple markets. The role requires deep power electronics expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to drive execution across definition, validation, documentation, and commercialization.

Qualifications

• MSEE in power electronics or related engineering discipline; PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in power electronics, power management, or related leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineering talent.
• Hands-on expertise in designing, building, testing, and optimizing switching-mode power supplies, especially DC-DC converters.
• Strong understanding of analog circuits, power converter topologies, EMI, thermal design, and system-level power architecture.
• Proven experience supporting key customers through the product lifecycle from architecture to sustaining support.
• Experience with design, simulation, and analysis tools.
• Excellent communication, technical writing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of applications engineers supporting power uModule products, including hiring, coaching, performance management, technical mentoring, and career development.
• Set team priorities and resource plans to support new product development, customer engagements, technical escalations, evaluation platforms, and business-critical programs.
• Drive application engineering strategy for power module solutions, ensuring strong execution across product definition, validation, documentation, customer support, and commercialization.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify market needs and translate them into product and application requirements.
• Guide new product investigations, specification definition, evaluation planning, and release readiness for advanced power module products and system-level solutions.
• Support strategic customer engagements and visits across industrial, datacenter, aerospace, and other high-growth applications.
• Lead resolution of complex technical issues, including power attach, converter performance, and failure analysis support.
• Drive development of technical collateral including reference designs, design tools, application notes, training materials, customer presentations, and tradeshow demonstrations.
• Analyze market trends and customer architecture shifts to influence roadmap priorities and expand ADI’s uModule business opportunity.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, accountability, customer focus, and innovation within the applications engineering organization.

Skills

Power electronics

Technical leadership

Customer engagement

DC‑DC converters

System-level power

Education

MSEE in power electronics

PhD preferred

Tools

Design tools

Simulation tools

Testing equipment

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. Analog Devices is committed to investing in our people and their growth. Our hiring program features high-impact professional development, opportunities to lead projects directly tied to business goals, and unique executive exposure. We are dedicated to developing the next generation of talent and providing pathways to real-world impact.

The ADI Power uModule Team is seeking an experienced Senior Applications Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for customer success, product execution, and business growth for industry-leading power module products. This role is ideal for a technical leader with strong power electronics expertise, proven people leadership, and the ability to align customer needs, product strategy, and engineering execution across multiple markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of applications engineers supporting power uModule products, including hiring, coaching, performance management, technical mentoring, and career development.
• Set team priorities and resource plans to support new product development, customer engagements, technical escalations, evaluation platforms, and business-critical programs.
• Drive application engineering strategy for power module solutions, ensuring strong execution across product definition, validation, documentation, customer support, and commercialization.
• Partner with product line management, design engineering, product engineering, marketing, sales, FAEs, and key customers to identify market needs and translate them into product and application requirements.
• Guide new product investigations, specification definition, evaluation planning, and release readiness for advanced power module products and system-level solutions.
• Support strategic customer engagements and visits across industrial, datacenter, aerospace, and other high-growth applications.
• Lead resolution of complex technical issues, including power attach, converter performance, and failure analysis support.
• Drive development of technical collateral including reference designs, design tools, application notes, training materials, customer presentations, conference papers, and tradeshow demonstrations.
• Analyze market trends, competitive technologies, and customer architecture shifts to influence roadmap priorities and expand ADI’s uModule business opportunity.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, accountability, customer focus, and innovation within the applications engineering organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• MSEE in power electronics or related engineering discipline; PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in power electronics, power management, applications engineering, product engineering, or related technical leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading, managing, or mentoring technical teams, with a track record of developing engineering talent and driving execution through others in the manager role.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in designing, building, testing, and optimizing switching‑mode power supplies, especially DC‑DC converters.
• Strong understanding of analog circuits, power converter topologies, control loop design, compensation, static and dynamic performance optimization, EMI, thermal design, and system‑level power architecture.
• Proven experience supporting key customers throughout the product lifecycle, from early architecture discussions and evaluation through qualification, production release, and sustaining support.
• Experience with design, simulation, and analysis tools.
• Excellent communication, technical writing, executive presentation, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading cross‑functional programs involving product definition, new product development, customer adoption, and revenue growth.
• Strong knowledge of power module technologies, multiphase buck converters, high‑current POL solutions, 48 V or higher‑voltage architectures, isolated power, low‑noise or low‑EMI design, and high‑power‑density systems.
• Direct experience with schematic design, PCB layout, prototyping, bench validation, failure analysis, and customer board‑level troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with analog IC design, advanced packaging, magnetics, thermal modeling, parasitic extraction, and reliability considerations for power module products.
• Experience with digital power interfaces and communication protocols such as I2C and PMBus.
• Recognized technical leadership through patents, publications, conference presentations, industry participation, or significant customer and product impact.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

Analog Devices is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed regardless of their race, color, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, social or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, union membership, and political affiliation, or any other legally protected group. EEO is the Law: Notice of Applicant Rights Under the Law.

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

The expected wage range for a new hire into this position is $185,955 to $269,273. Actual wage offered may vary depending on work location, experience, education, training, external market data, internal pay equity, or other bona fide factors.

This position qualifies for a discretionary performance-based bonus which is based on personal and company factors. This position includes medical, vision and dental coverage, 401k, paid vacation, holidays, and sick time, and other benefits.

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. 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.