Senior Engineer, Digital Design Engineering

Job Description

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible™. Learn more at and on and.

Job Description:

The Edinburgh team is seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer to grow its talented group located in the city centre of the Scottish capital. ADI’s Personal Electronics Solutions Group has been leading the industry, working with the world’s leading consumer companies, providing high value audio solutions for the portable, wearable, and gaming markets. We are poised for significant growth as we enter the next phase, driven by the insatiable consumer demand for new technologies and access to information.

The successful candidate will join a diverse team that is motivated, supportive, and eager to share its knowledge. It is the ideal place to enhance both technical expertise and interpersonal skills, whilst collaborating with our design teams worldwide.

Responsibilities and Duties include but not limited to:

Be responsible for the architecture, design, emulation, and verification of the digital portion of Analog Devices audio products

Drive improvements in new product cycle time, design quality, design methodology and engineering productivity

Collaborate with internal stakeholders and customers to ensure future products meet the demands of the market

Work closely with support organizations to ensure suitable design, verification, and emulation tools are available and utilized

Participate in feasibility studies and innovation

Use latest EDA tools to continually improve quality and design cycles

Verify complex System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions with exposure to advanced methodologies such as UVM

Work with the Analog design team and chip lead to identify partitioning and block requirements.

Support DFT strategy and implementation

Contribute to chip level verification at top level

Work with other designers and layout team members to integrate the digital blocks into the chip top level

Participate in the chip level verification before the tape out process

Conduct and drive circuit design reviews before tape out

Participate in silicon wake up and debug

Generate production test vectors, support test development and ramp to production

Provide support to the ATE team to develop an automated test solution.

Provide support for the application team to enable final products.

Minimum Qualifications:

MSEE + minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in Semiconductor industry doing digital standard cell-based IC design using Verilog, performing Linting/CDC/RDC checks, synthesis, timing analysis, power analysis and physical verification tools

Track record of multiple products in volume production

Experience with design for testability, scan insertion, scan pattern debugging

Familiarity with Cadence and Synopsys design tools

Experience debugging ICs and associated evaluation systems in a lab environment

Excellent communication skills, ability to work within a cross functional team and understanding of the complete digital design flow are musts for this position


Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Matlab and Simulink

Expertise with Signal Processing concepts such as Digital Filters, Interpolation/Decimation and Delta-Sigma Converters

Experience with integration of micro-processors such as ARM and RISC-V MCU 8051 IDE

Versatile in communication protocols such as I2C, I2S SPI

Experience with multiple power domains

Experience with clock domains, bus arbiter control.

Knowledge of SRAM, ROM and Flash memory

Passion for Audio 

Proactive and growth mindset, ability to work independently

Work experience:

Relevant experience in Semiconductor industry doing digital standard cell based IC design using Verilog, synthesis tools, timing analysis and physical verification tools

Why You Will Like Working At ADI:

We allow our employees the freedom to explore new ideas and the autonomy to determine how to best achieve goals 

We place great value on individual judgment 

We emphasize professional development and mentoring 

Above all, we recognize that our employees’ personal goals and the company’s goals are closely related and must support each other 

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Job Req Type: ExperiencedRequired Travel: Yes, 10% of the timeShift Type: 1st Shift/Days