Staff AI/ML Applications Engineer - Product Validation & Test

Analog Devices•Wilmington, MA

20h

About The Position

We are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the application of AI-enabled techniques to post-silicon test, evaluation, and characterization across mixed-signal and SoC products. This role sits within Engineering Enablement and is intended for a deeply experienced post-silicon engineer who understands how silicon is actually evaluated in labs and on ATE—and who can strategically apply AI/ML and agentic tools to accelerate, scale, and improve those workflows. This is a hands-on, high-impact individual contributor role with broad cross-functional influence. You will define how AI is practically used in evaluation, characterization, calibration, trimming, and qualification—not as an abstract data science exercise, but as a tool to reduce measurement effort, improve insight, and shorten time-to-confidence in silicon.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience in post-silicon test, evaluation, characterization, or validation of ASICs or SoCs.
Deep practical experience with mixed-signal and/or high-speed digital blocks, such as: - ADCs/DACs, PLLs, clocking - SERDES, PHYs, high-speed IO - Power, timing, and signal-integrity-sensitive designs
Strong understanding of: - Silicon bring-up - Measurement instrumentation and data interpretation - ATE-based test and characterization flows
Proven ability to debug silicon issues with limited observability and noisy data.
Working knowledge of applying ML techniques to real measurement data, including Statistical modeling, Pattern recognition & Anomaly detection
Experience using or integrating AI-enabled tools in engineering workflows.
Comfortable working in Python-based analysis environments (not necessarily building ML frameworks).
Ability to reason about data quality, bias, observability limits, and measurement noise—especially in analog/RF contexts.
Strong cross-functional communication skills; able to translate between silicon, test, and software/AI domains.
Demonstrated technical leadership as a senior IC: - Driving initiatives without direct authority - Influencing methodology and direction
Comfortable operating across abstraction levels—from waveform-level analysis to system-level implications.

Nice To Haves

Experience with adaptive or data-driven characterization, yield learning, or post-silicon tuning.
Exposure to reinforcement learning, Bayesian optimization, or active learning concepts applied to engineering problems.
Familiarity with RF test and characterization (EVM, phase noise, spurs, jitter, BER).
Experience working with or evaluating: - Lab automation platforms - Test data analytics platforms - AI-assisted debug or analysis tools
Participation in industry conferences, standards groups, or technical publications related to silicon validation or test.

Responsibilities

Identify high-leverage opportunities where AI/ML can materially improve post-silicon workflows, such as: - Adaptive characterization (intelligent selection of next measurements) - Anomaly detection in parametric, waveform, and RF data - Measurement clustering and outlier identification - Automated regression triage and silicon learning - Calibration and trimming optimization
Apply and integrate existing AI/ML technologies, including: - Classical ML (clustering, regression, Bayesian methods) - Time-series and waveform analysis techniques - Agentic AI systems for lab automation, test orchestration, and debug assistance
Serve as a technical bridge between silicon/test engineers and: - Internal ML specialists - External vendors - Academic or ecosystem partners
Evaluate and prototype AI-enabled tools for post-silicon
Develop reference workflows, guidelines, and examples for AI-assisted evaluation and characterization.
Create reusable frameworks that scale across products, nodes, and business units.
Mentor engineers on: - Modern post-silicon data analysis techniques - Practical use of AI tools in the lab and on ATE
Represent the organization in Technical reviews, Vendor engagements, Industry forums