# Principal Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer

Responsibilities MaxLinear is seeking a Principal Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer to join our Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) group. In this role, you will serve as a technical lead for mixed-signal SoC products across our interface and connectivity portfolio, taking them from specification through production. You will focus on the following: Own the mixed-signal architecture and top-level design of complex SoCs, from product definition and specification through tapeout, qualification, and production release Lead in-house development and/or third-party integration of high-speed interface and PHY IP, including architecture definition, IP selection, vendor evaluation, PHY-to-controller interfacing, and top-level analog/digital partitioning Design and supervise high-speed analog front-end circuits such as transmit drivers, receivers, equalizers, clock and data recovery (CDR), and serializer/deserializer circuits Lead design of clock generation and distribution circuits such as PLLs, oscillators, and clock drivers to meet system-level jitter and phase-noise requirements Design and supervise supporting analog blocks including LDOs, bandgap references, POR/reset generation, bias circuits, comp

- **Id**: 3848923
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/maxlinear-principal-mixed-signal-ic-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T01:55:27Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T19:42:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7188
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, RF & Wireless Hardware, Analog & Power Semiconductors

## Company

- **Id**: 64219
- **Name**: Maxlinear
- **Domain**: maxlinear.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/maxlinear>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Technologies

- **Verilog** — Optional: yes
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T01:55:27Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 17 · green card filings: 10; Filings 12m: 17

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 46
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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