Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NXP Semiconductors is a leading semiconductor company, and they are seeking a Principal /Sr Principal PMIC Analog Designer. The role involves architecting and defining specifications for advanced power management solutions, leading design efforts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product execution.
Responsibilities
- Architect, model, and define sub-system specifications for advanced power management solutions, including: DC-DC converters (inductive and capacitive), LDOs, shunt regulators, and multi-rail PMIC architectures
- Translate system-level specifications into elegant, robust, and cost-effective silicon solutions Lead end-to-end design of power management circuits, including: High-current power stages and advanced packaging-aware design, Loop stability, transient performance, and efficiency optimization
- Define architecture and provide detailed design specifications to global teams; lead and mentor junior design engineers
- Develop system and behavioral models (MATLAB/Simulink, Verilog-A/AMS) to validate architecture, loop stability, and system performance
- Drive and participate in critical design reviews and ensure design quality, robustness, and manufacturability
- Serve as the PMIC technical lead and primary interface to Tier-1 customers, driving technical discussions and alignment
- Collaborate cross-functionally with system, layout, product, test, packaging, and quality teams to ensure successful product execution
- Provide technical leadership for innovation strategy, including proposing and reviewing long-term roadmap and new architectures
- Drive differentiated innovation and contribute to patentable solutions for next-generation power management products
Skills
- MS in Electrical Engineering with 12+ years of experience, or PhD with 10+ years of experience in power management IC development
- Proven expertise in power conversion topologies: Buck, boost, buck-boost, charge pumps, LDOs, and multi-phase architectures
- Strong understanding of control techniques: Current-mode, voltage-mode, hysteretic control, and loop compensation
- Deep experience in high-current power stage design, including advanced packaging and parasitic-aware design
- Expertise in power integrity modeling and analysis (frequency/time domain), simulation optimization, and silicon correlation
- Strong foundation in analog design, control theory, and device physics
- Demonstrated ability to develop novel architectures and drive innovation, including patent generation
- Hands-on experience with Cadence IC design tools (Virtuoso, Spectre) and modeling environments (MATLAB/Simulink)
- Proven track record of delivering products from concept to high-volume manufacturing
- Excellent communication skills and experience working with global cross-functional teams and Tier-1 customers
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