[2026 Campus] PMIC Engineer

MediaTek
San Diego, US
On-site

Job Description

MediaTek is a global fabless semiconductor industry leader, providing solutions from the edge to the cloud and powering over 2 billion connected devices every year. Established in 1997, our leading-edge technologies keep the world connected and enhance everyday life. At the forefront of innovation, MediaTek drives advancements in transformative technologies such as AI, 5G/6G, and Wi-Fi 8. Our high-performance, power-efficient solutions form the foundation for a smarter, more connected world, enabling devices from smartphones, smart homes, and AI PCs to high-performance computing, automotive, and AI data centers. As a trusted partner to the world's leading brands, we are committed to ensuring access to world-class technology for everyone. Our dedication to accelerating AI underscores our mission to enrich the future of humanity.

About the Role

MediaTek's Power Management team design power management integrated circuits (PMICs) and power management units (PMUs) for a variety of smart phones, IOT, automotive, and ASIC products. Our designs and products are widely used in hundreds of millions of devices each year.

We are seeking design engineers with solid experience in one or more of the following areas:

  • General switching regulators including Buck, Boost, BuckBoost
  • Fully integrated voltage regulator for computing and data center
  • Hybrid converters including Buck, Boost, BuckBoost
  • Low quiescent regulators including Buck or LDO

Join MediaTek US in California to develop the state-of-the-art power IPs as next generation power solutions as well as to join the cut-edging product engagement. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams including R&D, system, testing, and customer engineering to implement your ideas and deliver the successful MediaTek inside devices around world.

Responsibilities

  • Papers/datasheet study and comparison
  • Behavior and transistor level circuit design, simulation and verification of power management blocks including SMPS (buck, boost, buck-boost…), LDO, voltage reference and other analog circuits meeting power, performance, and area specifications.
  • Perform bench validation to correlate circuit performance and debug circuit problems with application engineers and testing engineers

Qualifications

  • PhD or master’s students graduating between Dec 2025 and Dec 2026 with the research topics related to power management IC design
  • Experience with Cadence IC design tools
  • Experience with lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters (DMMs) and e-load
  • Device physics, device reliability analysis

Pay range and compensation package

$125,000 - $190,000 annually

Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs. Actual total compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience and qualifications. In addition, MediaTek provides a variety of benefits including comprehensive health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays, Paid time off (PTO), Parental leave, 401K and more.

MediaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

Cadence ic design toolsOscilloscopesMulti-meters (dmms)E-loadDevice physicsDevice reliability analysisSemiconductorPower managementIc design

Salary

$125,000 - $190,000

year

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

intern

Posted

4/27/2026

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