Senior Principal Engineer, Silicon Device & Key Product Enablement

About Analog Devices

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, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible. Learn more at and on LinkedIn and X.

We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership within the Key Product Enablement team, focused on enabling strategically important semiconductor products from development through qualification, transfer, ramp, and high-volume manufacturing. This role requires deep expertise in semiconductor devices, device physics, silicon technology, and process integration, combined with a strong understanding of how device and process characteristics influence product electrical performance, yield, reliability, and manufacturability. The Senior Principal Engineer will serve as a technical authority connecting product and design requirements with device capability, silicon technology, fab execution, reliability, and manufacturing strategy.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical authority for silicon and device-related aspects of key product enablement.
  • Develop deep understanding of key products, including device architecture, silicon technology, electrical performance, and manufacturing dependencies.
  • Translate product requirements into device, process, modeling, characterization, and manufacturing requirements.
  • Identify critical device and process parameters affecting product performance, matching, yield, and reliability.
  • Provide technical leadership for new device development and integration required to enable next-generation products.
  • Lead technical aspects of product and process transfers across internal fabs and external foundries, ensuring electrical performance, yield, and reliability are maintained.
  • Drive resolution of complex problems spanning device physics, circuit behavior, process technology, yield, reliability, and manufacturing.
  • Analyze device, wafer-level, process, yield, and product-test data to establish relationships between silicon variation and product performance.
  • Identify technology risks and develop mitigation strategies supporting product qualification, capacity expansion, manufacturing transfers, and continuity of supply.
  • Influence device and technology roadmaps, fab strategies, qualification approaches, and technology investment decisions.
  • Mentor senior engineers and strengthen device and silicon expertise across engineering and manufacturing organizations.

Required Qualifications

  • MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Device Physics, Materials Science, Applied Physics, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience.
  • Deep expertise in semiconductor device physics, device characterization, and silicon technology.
  • Strong understanding of the relationship between device characteristics, process variation, and product electrical performance.
  • Extensive knowledge of wafer fabrication, process integration, semiconductor manufacturing, and product qualification.
  • Demonstrated experience solving complex technical problems across device, product, process, yield, and reliability domains.
  • Experience supporting technology development, product transfers, fab or foundry qualification, or manufacturing ramps.
  • Strong analytical, technical leadership, and cross-functional communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Broad device expertise across technologies such as CMOS, bipolar or BiCMOS, JFET, high-voltage devices, SiGe, precision passives, and other specialty analog technologies.
  • Experience with analog, mixed-signal, precision, power, RF, or other high-performance semiconductor products.
  • Experience developing or enabling products requiring new devices, device models, test structures, or process capabilities.
  • Experience transferring products or technologies between internal fabs and external foundries.
  • Strong understanding of semiconductor reliability, qualification, device modeling, and failure mechanisms.
  • Demonstrated technical innovation and leadership across global engineering and manufacturing organizations.

Leadership Expectations

  • Recognized organization-wide technical authority in semiconductor devices, silicon technology, and product enablement.
  • Defines technical direction for complex, strategically important product and technology initiatives.
  • Shapes device and technology roadmaps based on future product and manufacturing requirements.
  • Influences senior-level decisions on technology selection, device development, fab strategy, qualification, and investment.
  • Resolves highly complex technical problems spanning multiple engineering disciplines and organizations.
  • Establishes technical methodologies and best practices for product-to-device-to-process understanding.
  • Mentors Principal Engineers and other senior technical contributors.
  • Operates with exceptional autonomy, technical judgment, influence, and accountability.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

Analog Devices is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed regardless of their race, color, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, social or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, union membership, and political affiliation, or any other legally protected group. EEO is the Law: Notice of Applicant Rights Under the Law.

Job Req Type: Experienced Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time Shift Type: 1st Shift/Days

The expected wage range for a new hire into this position is $167,090 to $241,955. Actual wage offered may vary depending on work location, experience, education, training, external market data, internal pay equity, or other bona fide factors.

This position qualifies for a discretionary performance-based bonus which is based on personal and company factors.

This position includes medical, vision and dental coverage, 401k, paid vacation, holidays, and sick time, and other benefits.

About Analog Devices (Repeated)

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, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible. Learn more at and on LinkedIn and X.

Come join ADI – a place where Innovation meets Impact. For more than 55 years, Analog Devices has been inventing new breakthrough technologies that transform lives. At ADI you will work alongside the brightest minds to collaborate on solving complex problems that matter from autonomous vehicles, drones and factories to augmented reality and remote healthcare. ADI fosters a culture that focuses on employees through beneficial programs, aligned goals, continuous learning opportunities, and practices that create a more sustainable future.

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