Principal Analog Design Engineer

NXP Semiconductors•Chandler, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Working in the Advanced Power Systems group of the Power and Energy business line, the candidate will be part of a team developing PMICs for auto and industrial applications. The role involves architecting designs of next-generation PMICs and leading these designs throughout the development stages until production. The key challenges include defining IC architecture and leading technical execution from design, verification, and validation of mixed-signal PMICs for automotive and industrial applications, ensuring all technical deliverables meet performance, quality, reliability, and safety requirements. Based on product and system requirement specifications, the candidate will create and maintain the IC architecture, partitioning it into subsystem and interface specifications that support automotive and industrial power management solutions. The role also requires leading the analog design aspects of product development, driving architecture definition, circuit implementation, and validation for high-performance PMICs used in automotive and industrial systems. Specific circuit design experience in DC-DC converters, including error amplifiers, voltage and current references, compensation networks, current sensing circuits, protection circuits, gate drivers, startup circuits, and power sequencing functions is expected. Ensuring compliance with automotive and industrial standards, addressing challenges related to power efficiency, robustness, functional safety, thermal performance, and long-term reliability is crucial. Collaboration with digital, system, validation, and application teams to deliver scalable power management solutions for automotive and industrial customers is essential. The role also involves aligning with customers and product definers to set the right product targets and supporting test and quality teams during the product development cycle. Additionally, working with other team members to build design knowledge and continuously improve PMIC development methodologies and ways of working is part of the responsibilities.

Requirements

MSEE required
Minimum 10 years of experience in the development of mixed signal ICs, preferably >5 years as architect or technical leader
Familiar with integrated circuit electronics including device level physics, particularly analog system and transistor level circuit design
Expert in DC-DC architecture and Design.
Experience with the Cadence design tools: Virtuoso, Spectre, AMS etc
Creative thinker with helicopter view, capable of finding an appropriate solution to complex problems
Good communicator in both oral and written English
Team player, able to work in a cross-functional-team environment

Nice To Haves

Experience power management designs is highly desirable

Responsibilities

Architect designs of next generation PMICs.
Lead these designs throughout the development stages until production.
Responsible for defining IC architecture and leading technical execution from design, verification, and validation of mixed-signal PMICs for automotive and industrial applications, ensuring all technical deliverables meet performance, quality, reliability, and safety requirements.
Create and maintain the IC architecture, partitioning it into subsystem and interface specifications that support automotive and industrial power management solutions.
Lead the analog design aspects of product development, driving architecture definition, circuit implementation, and validation for high-performance PMICs used in automotive and industrial systems.
Lead the design and development of analog and mixed-signal circuits for DC-DC converters, including error amplifiers, voltage and current references, compensation networks, current sensing circuits, protection circuits, gate drivers, startup circuits, and power sequencing functions.
Ensure compliance with automotive and industrial standards, addressing challenges related to power efficiency, robustness, functional safety, thermal performance, and long-term reliability.
Collaborate closely with digital, system, validation, and application teams to deliver scalable power management solutions for automotive and industrial customers.
Align with customers and product definers to set the right product targets for automotive and industrial PMIC solutions.
Support test and quality teams during the product development cycle to ensure robust performance, reliability, and compliance.
Work with other team members to build design knowledge and continuously improve PMIC development methodologies and ways of working.