Design Evaluation Engineer - Summer 2027

About the role

Come join Analog Devices (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.

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.