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Design Evaluation Engineer, Power Management ICs
Analog Devices is seeking an Entry-Level Design Evaluation Engineer to join our Power Management IC engineering team in San Jose, California starting Summer 2027. This hands-on laboratory role is designed for an engineer with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline who wants to build expertise in post-silicon evaluation, validation, characterization, and test automation.
You will evaluate power-management integrated circuits such as step-down and step-up converters, low-dropout regulators, and related mixed-signal power products. Working with experienced engineers, you will plan and perform laboratory measurements, automate test equipment, analyze results, investigate unexpected behavior, and communicate clear technical conclusions.
This role is well suited to someone who enjoys working with real hardware, learning how integrated circuits behave across operating conditions, and using experiments and data to solve engineering problems.
Essential Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on laboratory evaluation and characterization of power-management ICs, including buck converters, boost converters, LDO regulators, and related mixed-signal functions.
- Support first-silicon and evaluation-board bring-up under the guidance of experienced engineers.
- Execute validation plans across input voltage, output voltage, load, switching frequency, operating mode, temperature, startup, shutdown, and fault conditions.
- Measure parameters such as output accuracy, line and load regulation, efficiency, power loss, quiescent current, ripple, noise, transient response, switching behavior, current limit, and thermal performance.
- Capture and analyze oscilloscope waveforms for startup, shutdown, mode transitions, load transients, switching nodes, protection events, and other dynamic behavior.
- Develop Python/C# scripts to control laboratory instruments, automate parameter sweeps, collect data, create plots, and improve measurement repeatability.
- Review test data for consistency, identify anomalies, and apply structured troubleshooting methods to isolate measurement, board, system, or silicon-related causes.
- Compare bench measurements with design expectations, simulations, datasheet limits, and automated-test results as appropriate.
- Assist with evaluation-board schematics, component selection, board bring-up, rework, fixture development, and review of power-layout and measurement considerations.
- Collaborate with Design Engineering, Applications Engineering, Product Engineering, Test Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to resolve technical issues and support product introduction.
- Continue developing expertise in power electronics, analog measurement, test automation, data analysis, and post-silicon validation.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline, completed or expected before the employment start date.
- Graduate-level foundation in analog circuits, electronics, and circuit analysis.
- Academic understanding of power electronics or power-management circuits, including at least one of the following: linear regulators, buck converters, boost converters, feedback systems, or switched-mode power supplies.
- Hands-on laboratory experience gained through university courses, research, thesis work, internships, teaching laboratories, student teams, or engineering projects.
- Familiarity with oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, bench power supplies, and electronic loads.
- Basic programming ability in Python or another technical programming language.
- Ability to organize data, create plots, compare results, and communicate observations clearly.
- Demonstrated curiosity, attention to detail, willingness to learn, and ability to collaborate respectfully with others.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
No prior semiconductor-industry employment is required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Coursework, research, or project experience in power electronics, analog integrated circuits, feedback and control, semiconductor devices, or mixed-signal systems.
- Exposure to automated instrument control using Python, PyVISA, LabVIEW, C#, MATLAB, or similar technologies.
- Experience measuring power-supply efficiency, ripple, noise, startup, load transients, or loop behavior.
- Familiarity with schematic capture, PCB layout, SPICE simulation, or evaluation-board development.
- Exposure to oscilloscopes with differential or current probes, SMUs, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, thermal equipment, or EMI measurement.
- Familiarity with digital control interfaces such as SPI, I²C, or PMBus.
- Experience documenting technical work through a thesis, laboratory report, publication, design review, or project presentation.
Why Join Our Team?
Join a team where graduate-level circuit knowledge becomes hands-on engineering experience. You will work directly with advanced power-management ICs, modern laboratory equipment, evaluation hardware, automation software, and real post-silicon data.
You will learn from engineers across Design, Applications, Product Engineering, Test Engineering, and Manufacturing while contributing to products used in industrial, communications, instrumentation, automotive, and other demanding applications. The role offers a path to build specialized expertise in power electronics, precision measurement, silicon debug, automated validation, and data-driven product decisions.
We value different perspectives, thoughtful experimentation, collaborative problem-solving, and continuous learning. Candidates do not need to meet every preferred qualification to apply.
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.
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Job Req Type: Graduate Job
Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
The expected wage range for a new hire into this position is $100,266 to $137,892.
- 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.
