Sr Principal Analog Design Engineer

About onsemi

onsemi is a global leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, enabling automotive, industrial, and cloud customers to build safer, more sustainable, and more energy-efficient systems. The Treo™ platform is central to onsemi’s next-generation automotive and industrial SoC strategy, delivering scalable, safety-focused power, clock, and system management solutions.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Sr Principal Analog Design Engineer to provide technical leadership and hands-on design expertise for analog IP supporting the power, clock, and error management subsystems of the onsemi Treo™ platform.

This role is ideal for a highly experienced analog designer who has successfully delivered production-proven IP, understands automotive-grade quality and functional safety, and is comfortable operating in a digital-on-top SoC integration environment. The role combines deep technical ownership with mentoring, design review, and quality leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Analog IP Architecture & Design

• Architect, design, and deliver analog IP blocks for: 
  
  
  
  • Power management (e.g., regulators, monitors, biasing)
  
  
  • Clock generation and distribution (e.g., PLLs, oscillators, clock monitors)
  
  
  • Error detection, monitoring, and safety-related analog circuitry
  
  


• Drive designs from concept and architecture through schematic, simulation, layout collaboration, and silicon validation.


• Ensure designs are robust, reusable, and scalable across Treo™ platform derivatives.

Production & Quality Ownership

• Own analog IP blocks that tape out and go to volume production, meeting performance, yield, and reliability targets.


• Act as a design quality reviewer, providing thorough technical reviews of: 
  
  
  
  • Schematics
  
  
  • Simulation plans and results
  
  
  • Layout considerations
  
  
  • Documentation and sign-off readiness
  
  


• Champion best practices in analog design quality, robustness, and documentation.

SoC Integration & Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

• Deliver analog IP into a digital-on-top SoC flow, supporting: 
  
  
  
  • Clear interface definitions
  
  
  • Digital control and status visibility
  
  
  • Power, clock, and reset integration
  
  


• Work closely with: 
  
  
  
  • Digital design teams
  
  
  • Verification teams
  
  
  • Physical design and layout engineers
  
  
  • Systems and product engineering
  
  


• Support top-level integration, bring-up, and debug activities as needed.

Automotive & Functional Safety

• Design and deliver analog IP compliant with automotive-grade requirements, including: 
  
  
  
  • Reliability
  
  
  • Diagnostic coverage
  
  
  • Fault tolerance and detection
  
  


• Apply functional safety concepts (e.g., ISO 26262) at the IP level, including: 
  
  
  
  • Safety mechanisms
  
  
  • Redundancy and monitoring
  
  
  • Support for ASIL-driven requirements
  
  


• Collaborate with safety and systems teams to ensure traceability from requirements to implementation.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level analog engineers, fostering technical growth and design excellence.


• Provide hands-on coaching in: 
  
  
  
  • Analog fundamentals
  
  
  • Debug and failure analysis
  
  
  • Design trade-offs and architecture decisions
  
  


• Serve as a technical role model within the Cork analog design organization.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on analog design experience in IC or SoC development.


• Proven track record of designing analog blocks that have gone to production in shipped products.


• Strong experience designing power and/or clock IP blocks for SoC-based products.


• Demonstrated ability to deliver analog IP into a digital-on-top integration flow.


• Experience developing automotive-grade IP, with exposure to functional safety requirements.


• Deep understanding of analog design fundamentals, including: 
  
  
  
  • Device physics
  
  
  • Noise, stability, and robustness
  
  
  • PVT and reliability considerations
  
  


• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide clear, constructive design reviews.

Preferred / Plus Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting ISO 26262 work products at the IP level.


• Experience with safety diagnostics, monitors, and fault-injection concepts.


• Familiarity with mixed-signal verification and post-silicon debug.


• Experience contributing to platform-level IP reuse strategies.