Consumer Principal System Application Engineer

Consumer Principal System Application Engineer

ADI - Analog Devices

Limerick, Ireland

Position Overview

Systems engineering teams at Analog Devices anticipate, uncover, and solve complex customer challenges ahead of product development by applying robust systems engineering methodologies and leveraging Analog Devices’ extensive portfolio of sensing technologies in collaboration with external partners.

Join a cutting-edge team at Analog Devices, where you’ll help develop adaptive, personalized, and contextually aware consumer audio technologies. As a Principal System Applications Engineer, you will work on system integration across embedded consumer platforms, addressing application-level challenges in the low-power consumer audio market.

We are seeking a highly motivated, energetic System Applications Engineer who thrives on innovation and is passionate about delivering exceptional user experiences in emerging audio technologies.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

As a key member of our multi-disciplinary team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping next-generation audio experiences. Your responsibilities include:

• Lead global, multi-disciplinary teams across hardware, software, and business domains, influencing stakeholders and ensuring alignment on project goals
• Mentor and develop talent, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment
• Shape technology and product roadmaps, aligning technology evolution with market needs and long-term business objectives
• Customer engagements throughout the product development cycle - from concept to launch - debugging issues and resolving problems in our application and/or FPGA labs.
• Collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams (Marketing, Design, Software, Field Applications) and with external partners to deliver complete system solutions
• Deep understanding of market use cases to solve application-level challenges in hearable devices such as TWS earbuds and over-the-head headsets
• Translate customer needs into solutions, thinking expansively and using a wide lens to capture both immediate and future requirements
• Architect balanced system trade-offs between performance, power, complexity, and cost to meet demanding design goals
• Drive hardware/software integration to ensure seamless user experiences
• Support verification and validation efforts, including pre-silicon (FPGA systems) and post-silicon testing, to guarantee compliance with requirements
• Develop evaluation kits, system designs, and customer-facing collateral such as application notes and demos
• Create compelling demos for customer visits and tradeshow events
• Provide technical communication and support during customer engagements to ensure success

Desired requirements/Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• 10+ years in product development roles within the electronics industry
• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Embedded Firmware/Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience)
• Experience with ARM/DSP/FPGA/BT platforms is a plus

Technical Expertise (knowledge and experience):

• System Engineering methodologies and HW/SW product development flows, including requirements capture (e.g., Jama), integration, verification, and validation
• Signal processing and multi-core development in the audio domain; experience with DSP cores (e.g., Cadence HiFi) and ARM cores is an advantage
• Bluetooth and wireless protocols, including Wi-Fi and UWB
• Mixed-signal audio chains, specifically Analog audio architecture (e.g., ADC, PGA, Class D amplifiers) and performance metrics (e.g., SNR, THD)
• Battery management and power topologies for efficient low-power hearables (beneficial but not required)
• Customer technical support at product and system level, including remote and face-to-face engagements
• Testing and debugging techniques, with proficiency in tools such as oscilloscopes, audio analysers (Audio Precision), and wireless protocol analysers
• Delivery of system-level collateral for internal and external stakeholders, including hardware, software, and documentation
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary, globally distributed teams and influence stakeholders across hardware, software, and business domains
• Strong understanding of architectures and system-level trade-offs to balance performance, power, complexity, and cost
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment
• Skilled in creating technology and product roadmaps that align evolving technologies with market needs

Additional Knowledge:

• PCB development flow (schematic, layout, manufacturing) – beneficial but not required
• Programming in C, C++, or Python, and familiarity with software development tools and flows (e.g., Git, JIRA, Jenkins)
• Exposure to machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Caffe, PyTorch) – beneficial but not required

Soft Skills & Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and strong team player
• Comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in a multifaceted, cross-functional team with a start-up culture
• Enthusiastic about consumer technology, especially in the audio market segment
• Ability to travel up to 10% globally (U.S., Europe, Asia)