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Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI ) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible™. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter (X).

Design Evaluation Engineer

Sustainable Automation

The Industrial and Healthcare Backend organization is seeking a motivated and creative Design Evaluation Engineer to join our team in Milan. The team, as part of the Sustainable Automation (SAU) business unit, is at the forefront of the Intelligent Edge, developing innovative silicon and system level solutions that drive growth in our global industrial business. Our diverse portfolio of active projects includes Industrial Communications (e.g. IO-Link, Binary Sensors), Industrial digital I/O (High voltage, Mixed Signal), and Motor Drivers (Stepper, BLDC, FOC, and Gate Drivers) products which operate in harsh high-voltage/large-current industrial environments and end-user applications.

The Design Evaluation role provides an exciting opportunity to work in a technically challenging and highly rewarding environment. You will work hands-on with a broad range of analogue and digital electronics, and develop significant expertise at circuit, component, and system level.

This role offers a wide variety of development opportunities and exposes you to multiple technologies and end applications. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, developing cutting edge silicon solutions to solve our customers’ biggest problems and helping ADI to win at the Intelligent Edge.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the Product Development Team to understand the product and the end application, and provide Design for Test inputs
• Support pre silicon verification of the designs through hardware prototyping and software simulations
• Developing a hardware and software measurement system, involving a mix of hardware design, software development, and data acquisition to measure the product characteristics
• Hands-on debug of new products to quickly validate functionality
• Identification of silicon shortcomings and working with the Development Team to drive investigations to root cause and solutions/workaround in timely and efficient manner
• Conducting bench-top performance measurements, analysis of measurement data, and summarising/presenting reports of silicon performance
• Working with Test engineers on cross correlation of bench and ATE measurements
• Working closely with Design, Test and Applications Engineers to understand and overcome obstacles and work towards a successful product release
• Available to travel (up to 10%)

Relevant Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent with 7+ years’ experience in a silicon evaluation, product applications, test development or a similar role
• Practical experience in test board design and layout with good understanding of measurement techniques and methods
• Practical experience in mixed signal hardware design, software development, data gathering and analysis
• Manual skills at fixing HW and soldering components would be an advantage

• A solid background in mixed signal electronics
• Strong problem solving and data analysis skills
• Good initiative and motivation to work in a technical environment
• Strong communication skills and enjoys sharing their knowledge and expertise
• Programming experience: Python, LabVIEW or C/C++/C# would be an advantage

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