Staff Engineer, Field Applications

Job description

About Analog Devices

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).

Role Overview

We are seeking a Field Systems Applications Engineer to serve as the primary technical interface to aerospace, defense, and emerging autonomy customers. This individual will engage at the system architecture level, helping customers design and deploy advanced RF, microwave, communications, and navigation subsystems for drones, autonomous platforms, radar, and electronic warfare applications.

This is not a traditional component-level applications role. The focus is system solution enablement — spanning semiconductor, module, and subsystem integration.

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Key Responsibilities

1. System-Level Technical Engagement

• Act as trusted technical advisor to defense startups, scale-ups, and established primes
• Engage across full architectures:
  • RF signal chains (DC–40+ GHz)
  • Radar and electronic warfare subsystems
  • Software-defined radio platforms
  • MEMS-based inertial navigation and stabilization
  • Power distribution and data conversion
• Guide customers from concept through prototype and into production

2. Architecture & Reference Design Leadership

• Support customers in partitioning system architectures
• Recommend semiconductor, module, and subsystem solutions
• Enable sensor fusion architectures combining RF, navigation, and digital processing
• Drive reuse of evaluation boards, prototypes, and rapid-iteration hardware

3. Program Acceleration

• Help customers reduce time to field
• Minimize unnecessary qualification cycles through intelligent reuse strategies
• Bridge internal engineering teams (RF, MEMS, software, power) with external customer programs
• Provide structured technical feedback to influence internal product roadmaps

4. Market & Ecosystem Development

• Support expansion of defense and autonomy ecosystems in Germany
• Identify emerging drone, EW, and radar programs early
• Strengthen relationships with system integrators and government-linked organizations

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 7+ years in Applications Engineering, Field Systems Engineering, or Systems Engineering
• Broad semiconductor knowledge: analog, data converters, power, RF/microwave
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Radar systems
  • Electronic warfare
  • Military communications
  • Software-defined radio
  • MEMS IMUs and navigation systems
  • Autonomous platforms / drones
• Fluent German and English
• German nationality required

What Success Looks Like

• Customers view you as a system-level partner, not a component supplier
• You influence architectural decisions early in the design cycle
• You enable rapid prototype-to-production transitions
• You strengthen the company’s credibility in advanced defense subsystems

**********German nationality required**********

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export  licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.  As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

Analog Devices is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed regardless of their race, color, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, social or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, union membership, and political affiliation, or any other legally protected group.