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MaxLinear Tech Stack

Fabless semiconductor designer for broadband, wireless, and data-center infrastructure

Semiconductor Manufacturing Carlsbad, California 1,001–5,000 employees Founded 2003 Public Company

MaxLinear designs mixed-signal and RF system-on-chip solutions for broadband, wireless infrastructure, and industrial applications. The tech stack reveals deep analog and digital integration (SPECTRE, Cadence Allegro, ARM, DSP, FPGA, Verilog, SystemVerilog) optimized for CMOS manufacturing at scale. Active hiring skews heavily toward senior and principal engineers (51 of 94 roles), with project focus on high-speed signal interfaces, optical technologies, and hardware accelerator validation—indicating a shift toward AI/cloud-scale data-center workloads alongside traditional broadband and 5G/Wi-Fi 7 connectivity markets.

Tech Stack 137 technologies

Core StackC++ Python MATLAB ANSYS HFSS SIwave SPECTRE Vector Network Analyzer Cadence Allegro Anaplan Hyperion Oracle Hyperion Planning E2Open Alteryx ARM DSP FPGA C/C++ PCIe 4.0 PCIe 5.0 USB Linux Kernel ATOM Yocto DOCSIS Verilog SystemVerilog UVM Perl ASIC AXI+102 more

What MaxLinear Is Building

Challenges

  • Enhancing yield learning
  • Complex silicon platform validation
  • First-time silicon success
  • Grow revenue with distributors
  • Increasing distributor revenue
  • Reducing test cost
  • Eliminating verification bottlenecks
  • Increasing product quality
  • Reducing test time
  • High-throughput data flows

Active Projects

  • State-of-the-art packages and pcbs for next generation products
  • Monthly distributor opportunity reviews
  • High-speed signal interfaces and pdn for advanced communications soc packages
  • High-speed pam4 serdes and optical technologies
  • Reference designs and test platforms for optical products in ai and cloud-scale environments
  • Validation of next-generation hardware accelerator socs for home router and gateway
  • Emulation platform and system reference design validation
  • Pcie hhhl, ocp 3.0 nic, and edsff form factor boards
  • 8d reporting
  • Dsp subsystem integration into soc platforms

Hiring Activity

Accelerating95 roles · 70 in 30d

Department

Engineering
76
Sales
11
Product
3
Design
1
Finance
1
Marketing
1
Ops
1

Seniority

Senior
25
Principal
23
Staff
23
Director
9
Mid
9
Manager
4
Junior
1

Notable leadership hires: Product Strategy Director, Analog IC Design Lead, Director of Storage

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About MaxLinear

MaxLinear is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with 1,001–5,000 employees and operations spanning the United States, Singapore, India, and China. The company delivers highly integrated SoC and platform-level solutions—primarily in CMOS—for broadband infrastructure, mobile and wireline networks, data centers, and industrial applications. Competitive differentiation centers on functional integration, power efficiency, and design flexibility that reduce customer system costs and time-to-market. Active product development spans optical interconnect and PAM4 SERDES technologies, next-generation packaging and PCB validation, hardware accelerators for edge and cloud computing, and reference designs for AI and cloud-scale deployments.

HeadquartersCarlsbad, California
Company Size1,001–5,000 employees
Founded2003
Hiring MarketsUnited States, Singapore, India, China

Frequently Asked Questions

What technology does MaxLinear use for chip design?

MaxLinear uses ANSYS HFSS, Cadence Allegro, SPECTRE, Verilog, SystemVerilog, ARM, DSP, FPGA, and C/C++ for analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit design. Products are manufactured using CMOS process technology.

What products is MaxLinear developing?

MaxLinear is developing high-speed optical interconnect and PAM4 SERDES for AI and cloud data centers, next-generation broadband and gateway hardware accelerators, Wi-Fi 7 and 5G infrastructure, and advanced packaging solutions for high-speed communications SoCs.

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