Staff Engineer - Product Applications

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Employer: Analog Devices, Inc.  

Job Title: Staff Engineer, Product Applications

Job Requisition: 1010.1399.4 / R266584

Job Location: Durham, North Carolina

Job Type: Full Time

Rate of Pay: $167,400 - $199,229 per year

Duties:                        

Creating customer facing collaterals including design tools, simulation models, presentations, application notes, demos, and technical articles. Working with internal and external customers through system integration, circuit design, optimization, troubleshooting, and testing. Developing and conducting product/application technical training and demonstrations for field personnel and customers. Investigating customers’ applications and learning new applications in different markets. Owning reference designs and supporting products evaluation and debug. Engaging with marketing, customers, and the sales organization to understand market, technical, business needs, and competitive landscape. Defining new products. Collaborating with cross functional teams to solve challenge problems.

Requirements: Must have a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronic Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline and four (4) years of experience in the proffered job or a related occupation.

Must also possess the following (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section):

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) in the design and analysis of switching power converters — including buck, boost, flyback, and LLC topologies — with emphasis on efficiency optimization, loop stability, and transient performance.
• DE with Control-loop design and compensation techniques such as Bode plot interpretation, gain/phase margin tuning, and crossover frequency optimization) for stable and robust converter operation.
• DE of analog and mixed-signal circuit design principles, including gate-driver design, current-sense networks, protection circuitry, and feedback signal conditioning.
• DE in PCB schematic and layout review for power-stage designs, focusing on high di/dt current loops, ground-return management, and EMI reduction practices.
• DE in EMI/EMC compliance knowledge, including mitigation techniques such as RC snubbers, input/output filters, shielding, and understanding of CISPR 11/22/25 or equivalent standards.
• DE using electrical laboratory instrumentation, such as oscilloscopes, electronic loads, power analyzers, frequency-response analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and thermal measurement tools, for validation and debugging of converter performance.
• DE with Circuit simulation and modeling using SPICE, SIMPLIS, or equivalent platforms for pre-layout analysis and post-silicon correlation.
• DE troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of power-supply and analog system failures, including component stress, thermal issues, and control-loop instability.
• DE in technical documentation and communication, including preparation of application notes, design guides, evaluation board manuals, and internal test reports.

Contact: Eligible for employee referral program. Apply online at https://www.analog.com/en/careers.html and Reference Position Number: R266584.

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Job Req Type: ExperiencedRequired Travel: NoShift Type: 1st Shift/Days