Senior Principal Analog Engineer -Power Management
NXP Semiconductors · Hsinchu, Taiwan · 25d ago
Staff / Lead / PrincipalOn-siteHardware & Embedded
NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and smart connected solutions markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has 45,000 employees in more than 35 countries.
Opportunity
- Join a world class team working on state of the art Tier 1 products. NXP’s Highly Profitable Business Line Power & Energy is seeking experienced Power Analog Designers. We engage directly with the most visible and successful mobile companies.
Site Job Description
- Working in the Power Delivery group of the Advanced Power Systems product line, candidate will be part of a team developing hybrid converter and power delivery solutions for automotive & robotics applications.
Task and responsibilities
- Lead the definition, architecture, design, verification, and validation of complex analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits from concept through production release, ensuring technical excellence in quality, performance, reliability, and schedule.
- Drive system-level and block-level architecture tradeoff analysis, translating product requirements into robust circuit solutions while balancing performance, area, power, cost, manufacturability, and functional safety requirements.
- Provide technical leadership for critical circuit developments, including power management, data converters, control loops, references, protection circuits, and mixed-signal subsystems, while mentoring junior engineers and guiding design best practices.
- Own technical risk assessment and mitigation strategies throughout the development cycle, including architecture reviews, design reviews, silicon bring-up, debugging, characterization, and customer issue resolution.
- Collaborate closely with system architects, digital design, AMS verification, layout, product engineering, validation, functional safety, reliability, and program management teams across global sites to ensure successful project execution.
- Drive innovation through new circuit techniques, design methodologies, patents, publications, and technology scouting activities that contribute to future product competitiveness.
- Review and approve key design deliverables, including specifications, architecture documents, design reviews, verification plans, layout guidance, silicon evaluation reports, and design notes.
- Support customer engagements and strategic technical discussions by providing deep technical expertise, root-cause analysis, and solution recommendations for complex customer applications.
Qualifications
- Candidate needs to hold a minimum of a M.S. degree in electrical engineering. PhD degree is preferred.
- At least 10 years direct experience designing analog and mixed-signal transistor level circuitry for power management applications.
- Must have expertise in analog circuit design theory and control theory and have used this to create original and novel circuits that provide significant value.
- Ability to design traditional analog MOS and BJT circuits such as bandgap references, amplifiers, oscillators, detection circuits, linear LDO and switching regulators.
- Ability to design DC-DC converter, switch cap converter and load switches will be a great additional skills required for the position. Hybrid Converter experience is highly preferred.
- Other desirable skills include experience with mixed-signal design tools and flow, reading and writing Verilog AMS models.