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SRI International

Independent nonprofit R&D institute advancing technologies

IC Design Engineer 4

Full-TimeDeadline 3/26/27
$117.7k - $155.9k
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Princeton, NJ, USA
In PersonOn-site at the SRI office in Princeton; relocation benefits are not available.
Hardware EngineeringSilicon & ASIC Design
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with 8 or more years designing analog or mixed-signal circuits, or a master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a thesis and 6 years designing analog or mixed-signal circuits.
  • U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required.
  • Must be able to work on site at the SRI office in Princeton, New Jersey.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Responsibilities
  • Design, simulate, and verify analog circuits.
  • Review specifications and requirements to determine an appropriate design to emulate the original part.
  • Design and verify analog circuits, including operational amplifiers, comparators, and regulators.
  • Support layout engineers with the layout of macro cells and ensure correct post-layout functionality.
  • Work with test engineers to develop characterization and qualification tests.
Desired Qualifications
  • Breadth of analog design knowledge, as part designs cover a wide range of product types.
  • Designing with 5V to 40V Bipolar, BiCMOS, and CMOS processes.
  • Designing amplifiers, comparators, and/or regulators.
  • Performing design verification.
  • Interfacing with layout, test, and process engineers.
  • A demonstrated analytical and systematic teamwork approach to troubleshooting.
  • Switch-capacitor, phase-locked loop (PLL), and/or pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller design experience.
  • Knowledge of hardware description language (HDL), including Verilog or VHDL design and synthesis.
  • Scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or TCL.

About the company

1) What the company does: SRI International is an independent nonprofit research institute that collaborates across science and engineering fields to create technologies and products aimed at improving safety, health, and sustainability. 2) How its products work: It conducts research and development to invent, prototype, test, and validate technologies, then licenses or partners with others to bring them to market. 3) How it is different: It operates as an independent nonprofit with a long history (80 years) of cross-disciplinary research that moves ideas from lab to real-world applications through partnerships, rather than focusing on selling products directly as a for-profit sole owner. 4) The goal: To advance safer, healthier, and more sustainable futures by discovering and developing impactful technologies and helping bring innovations to everyday use.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$133.5M

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California

Founded

1946

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What believers are saying

  • August 2026 headquarters relocation to PARC concentrates AI, robotics, biosciences, and quantum teams.
  • Robert Mandelbaum joined September 2026 to push institute-wide growth in defense and healthcare.
  • N4 Pharma and Kalekona partnerships show commercialization momentum in therapeutics and diagnostics.

What critics are saying

  • Titan Systems sued SRI on March 31, 2026, over MADDIS briefing materials, risking distraction.
  • If QMEC underdelivers within three years, federal funding credibility and quantum leadership weaken.
  • SRI's nonprofit model depends on government wins; losing NIST renewals would squeeze growth.

What makes SRI International unique

  • SRI owns PARC, joining legendary Silicon Valley labs with 80 years of nonprofit R&D.
  • NIST selected SRI in June 2026 to run QMEC with a $20 million start.
  • SRI manages QED-C, giving it unusual quantum industry convening power and standards influence.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Hybrid Work Options

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SRI has appointed Robert Mandelbaum as senior vice president of strategic initiatives. In this role, Mandelbaum will drive major growth initiatives across SRI's research divisions, focusing on programmes spanning AI, autonomous systems, healthcare, space-based architectures, and security. Mandelbaum brings three decades of experience in advanced technology R&D. He most recently served as general manager and director of Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Laboratories, where he led applied research labs working in spectrum systems, informatics, AI, human systems augmentation, and autonomy. Earlier in his career, Mandelbaum worked at Sarnoff Corporation, now part of SRI, pioneering real-time computer vision applications. He also served as programme manager at DARPA. Mandelbaum holds a PhD in computer and information science from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Valence AI, an emotional intelligence infrastructure company, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Differential Ventures, with participation from Difference Partners, Willowtree Ventures, Change Paradox Ventures and SRI International. The company has also secured two US patents on identifying emotional state from live speech in real-time conversation using deep learning. Founded by Chloe Duckworth and Shannon Brownlee, Valence AI's Pulse Emotion model analyses live calls and classifies emotional state from speech in real time. The company reports 92% accuracy on internal benchmarks and claims handle time reductions of 30% in production deployments. The funding will support expansion of Pulse's language coverage, deeper integrations across voice AI platforms and new hires. Valence AI's customers include Harte Hanks, CustomerHD and Fortune 500 retailers across healthcare and clinical research environments.

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Signaling a new chapter for Silicon Valley, two veteran R&D leaders are combining minds to advance and accelerate world-changing science and technology.

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Apr 26th, 2024
N4 Pharma Reveals SRI Collaboration Webinar

N4 Pharma has announced a collaborative deal with SRI International and will host an informative webinar on May 7, 2024, to discuss the partnership.