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# Principal Engineer, System Architecture

- **Company:** Analog Devices
- **Location:** Centennial, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $149,226.0 - $216,087.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Ethernet, Radio-Frequency Identification, Serial Communications, Systems Architecture, Serial Peripheral Interface, HDMI
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.oriontalent.com/search-jobs/career/11621629/principal-engineer-system-architecture-colorado-co-centennial

## About the Role

* Excellent listening and perception skills
 * Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
 * Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and work within a cross-functional team
 * 10+ years of work experience with B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering
 * Experience with general analog and digital design and system architectures
 * Ability to travel up to 2-3 weeks per quarter, including 2-3 international trips/year.

Highly desirable

 * 10+ years of applicable automotive applications, electronics design, or product definition experience
 * M.Sc. or Ph. D. degree
 * High-speed SerDes or RF systems experience
 * Automotive ethernet experience or involvement in other standardized communication systems
 * Knowledge of digital video transport
 * Knowledge of serial interfaces - I2C, SPI, Ethernet, HDMI
 * Functional safety expertise
 * Cybersecurity expertise

## Description

* Develop deep expertise on the GMSL PHY, link layer, and protocol adapters.
 * Create comprehensive product definitions for high-speed serial link integrated circuits, including chip architecture, key specifications, feature set, etc.
 * Create technical documentation including datasheets and customer presentations.
 * Provide technical support for responses to customer RFI/RFQ.
 * Provide technical expertise to the OpenGMSL Association (OGA) standard.
 * Actively contribute to OGA work groups and guide standards development.
 * Develop in-depth understanding of future automotive SerDes market requirements.
 * Perform independent technology research.
 * Collaborate with eco-system partners and align on technologies.
 * Develop system models and run behavioral simulations to evaluate system architectural tradeoffs.
 * Propose technologies and products to support customer requirements.
 * Guide customers on technology selection and architecture development.
 * Perform competitive analysis of near-term and long-term solutions.
 * Assist in creation of product line technology and product roadmaps, including functional safety and security.
 * Travel globally to engage with customers and technology partners .


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