Sr Principal Analog Design Engineer
SWIR Vision Systems
Design
Cork, Ireland
Posted on Mar 31, 2026
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.
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
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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.
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.