CMOS Research Engineer (Life Sciences)

Analog Devices•Boston, MA

About The Position

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, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible™. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter (X). The Analog Garage is our corporate R&D center with a mission to empower Analog Devices by pioneering breakthrough technologies. The Bioelectronic Platforms Group is applying leading edge circuit design, device design, and nanoscale fabrication towards the next breakthroughs in Life Sciences platforms for the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries. In this role you will lead the architecture and design of silicon systems for novel Life Sciences platforms. You will apply expertise in silicon technologies, especially analog, mixed-signal, and digital CMOS, to develop, prototype, and scale innovative sensing and actuation solutions

Requirements

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline (or master's/bachelor's degree with additional industrial experience)
Lead for one or more CMOS tapeouts, including architecture, design, physical implementation, and chip evaluation
Demonstrated ability to work across physical disciplines, such as biomedical, chemical, mechanical, physics, and/or electrical engineering
Track record of innovation, IP, and/or publications in electronic systems with post-CMOS or special assembly requirements
Excellent problem-solving skills and a creative, persistent approach to complex technical challenges
Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with array/periphery CMOS architectures such as imagers or memories
Interest and ability to work across all layers of the design stack, from conceptualization to implementation, to evaluation, to scaling to high-volume production
Demonstrated expertise in one or more silicon-related technology areas beyond circuit design, such as electromagnetics, optical, electrochemistry, MEMS, etc.
Demonstrated expertise in one or more computational areas, such as signal processing, optimization, AI/ML, or other algorithms topics
Familiarity with semiconductor cleanroom equipment and processes
Familiarity with semiconductor assembly and packaging technologies
Familiarity with one or more areas in Biological Sciences
Strong hands-on technical skills, but also maintains a research orientation and is interested to keep up with scientific and industrial literature

Responsibilities

Work with a skilled multi-disciplinary team to define system requirements
Develop system simulation models in MATLAB- or Python-like scientific computing environments
Develop and test pre-CMOS evaluation prototypes
Develop an overall architecture for the analog, mixed-signal, and/or digital CMOS integrated circuits
Collaborate with the team to design CMOS detailed circuits
Collaborate with the team to develop and implement post-CMOS fabrication and assembly requirements
Collaborate with biologists, biochemists, rapid prototyping, and evaluation engineers to test the system meets desired requirements
Conduct research in new areas of physical sciences relevant to Analog Devices technologies, identify pain-points, propose candidate solutions, develop system implementation concepts, and evaluate them with simulation and/or experiments.