Strategic Technology Analyst

Analog Devices • Boston, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a newly created role with no direct precedent at ADI. The Strategic Technology Analyst will be a dedicated resource for ADI’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB), focused on long-term technology research, technology discovery, and future-back strategic insight. This role is designed for an individual with a strong technical foundation who can bridge deep science and engineering trends with enterprise-level technology strategy. Unlike traditional corporate strategy roles, this position emphasizes technology sensing, horizon scanning, and research-driven insight over near-term business planning or transaction execution. The role will work closely with ADI’s TSB, Emerging Business & Innovation (EB&I) teams, Fellows, senior technical leaders and external research partners to identify, frame, and evaluate emerging technologies that may shape ADI’s long-term roadmap. Initially, the role will operate in direct support of the TSB — enabling sharper discussions and deeper research. Over time, the expectation is that this analyst will proactively surface signals and themes that help shape where the TSB places its attention.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, computer science, materials science, or another quantitative discipline required.
• 5–8 years of experience in technical research, advanced development, systems engineering, technology strategy, or deep-tech analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly across both technical and strategic contexts.
• Experience spanning multiple technical domains preferred over deep specialization in any single one.
• Strong structured thinking and hypothesis-driven problem-solving capability.
• Ability to assess technologies across Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), time horizons, and uncertainty levels.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and incomplete information.
• Ability to self-direct across multiple open-ended workstreams without waiting for detailed briefs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical depth into strategic insight.
• Comfortable interacting with senior technical leaders and executives.
• Skilled at building compelling, visually clear strategic narratives — in slides, memos, or briefing documents.
• Able to build trust and credibility with senior technical leaders through the quality of thinking, not positional authority.
• Comfortable being the least senior person in the room and the most prepared.
• Low-ego, highly collaborative, and comfortable operating as an individual contributor.
• High integrity in analysis; willing to challenge assumptions while remaining evidence-based.
• Motivated by discovery and learning rather than short-term wins.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or PhD strongly preferred; MBA optional but not required for success in the role.
• Prior exposure to semiconductors, industrial systems, healthcare technology, or energy systems is valuable but not required — intellectual range and learning speed matter more.

Responsibilities

• Prepare background materials, deep-dives, and synthesis documents for TSB discussions
• Track the TSB's learning agenda, open questions, and evolving hypotheses across workstreams
• Conduct structured analysis to assess technical feasibility, maturity, timelines and strategic relevance of emerging technologies the TSB is actively evaluating
• Identify, track, and synthesize emerging technologies and research trends across ADI-relevant domains
• Engage selectively with external researchers, academic partners, startups, and consortia to deepen understanding of frontier technologies (primarily analytical and relationship-supporting, not business development-led).
• Develop technology landscape maps, opportunity theses, and future scenarios that inform long-range technology bets and research priorities.
• Proactively surface signals, themes, and discontinuities that should command TSB attention — even when not explicitly asked
• Challenge existing assumptions and introduce alternative framings backed by evidence
• Help the TSB refine what questions to ask , not just what answers to pursue
• Communicate uncertainty, assumptions, and alternative futures clearly and credibly, without over-optimizing for short-term conclusions.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, decision-oriented insights for senior technical and business leaders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across ADI to align long-term technology insights with enterprise direction.

Benefits

• medical, vision and dental coverage
• 401k
• paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal