Robotics Hardware System Architect

Analog Devices • Wilmington, MA

76d • $148,500 - $222,750

About The Position

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™. The Robotics Hardware System Architect will serve as a technical leader and electronics hardware architect for ADI’s robotics platform portfolio. This role will serve as the cross-functional hardware architect, partnering closely with leaders across applications, technology groups, software and AI, to define and evolve the architecture of our subsystem platforms (both PCB board & silicon level). Responsibilities include ensuring the optimized system partitioning & scalable differentiation of complex subsystems ranging from sensing, actuation, perception, compute and safety. This role is ideal for a senior technical leader with a proven track record in robotic system design and architecture and strong systems-level thinking. The architect will provide technical direction and system level architectural leadership to silicon development teams as well as across hardware teams, to deliver high-performance robotic subsystems & silicon based solutions. They will lead and balance system trade-offs between performance, power, functional safety, complexity and cost. The architect will partner with ADI AI and software teams to ensure architectural decisions are optimized from the ground up and are optimized for common simulation platforms. They will define long-term roadmap and product direction by translating user needs, ADI core technological capabilities & existing system performance, to determine R&D investments in line with robotic architectural evolution. Additionally, the architect will serve as a technical mentor and thought leader within the organization, raising the bar for engineering rigor and systems thinking.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in robotics hardware development, including at least 5 years leading system architecture.
• Deep understanding of robotic system design, particularly electronic systems.
• Proven experience in architecting and delivering complex electronic systems.
• Familiarity with functional safety concepts.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing decisions across multidisciplinary teams.
• Hands-on experience with real-time control systems, and safety-rated architectures.
• Familiarity with AI and reinforcement learning techniques applied to robotics learning and control.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the cross-functional hardware architect for ADI’s robotics platform portfolio.
• Define and evolve the architecture of subsystem platforms (both PCB board & silicon level).
• Ensure optimized system partitioning & scalable differentiation of complex subsystems.
• Provide technical direction and system level architectural leadership to silicon development teams.
• Deliver high-performance robotic subsystems & silicon based solutions.
• Lead and balance system trade-offs between performance, power, functional safety, complexity and cost.
• Partner with ADI AI and software teams to ensure optimized architectural decisions.
• Define long-term roadmap and product direction based on user needs and technological capabilities.
• Serve as a technical mentor and thought leader within the organization.

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental coverage.
• 401k.
• Paid vacation.
• Holidays and sick time.
• Discretionary performance-based bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees