# Principal Systems Engineering Architect

Responsibilities MaxLinear is seeking a Principal Systems Engineering Architect to join our Analog Mixed Signal (AMS) group. The AMS team develops a broad portfolio of integrated solutions spanning high speed and embedded connectivity interfaces (bridges, serial transceivers, isolators) and power management, supporting data center, industrial, and embedded platforms. In this role, you will focus on the following: Drive end-to-end systems definition across silicon architecture, firmware, software drivers, and hardware integration, working closely with design, applications, product management, and customers to deliver differentiated, production ready solutions Define and own systems level architecture for SoC, connectivity, and interface products, including embedded processor subsystems, USB based connectivity, PCIe based interfaces, memory and networking interfaces, and serial and control protocols (UART, I²C/I3C, SPI, GPIO, and related interfaces) Lead architectural decisions across hardware/firmware partitioning, bus fabric and system integration, performance, latency, power, security, and scalability trade offs, and register maps, configurability, and extensibility Define platfor

- **Id**: 3836648
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/maxlinear-principal-systems-engineering-architect>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **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**: 2026-11-05T21:15:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T17:30:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6607
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Engineering, 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

## Salary

- **Min**: 164000
- **Max**: 231000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 231000

## Technologies

- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

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

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T21:15:05Z

## 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**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 231000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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