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Fabless SoC maker for broadband, wireless infrastructure and industrial connectivity

Semiconductor Manufacturing Carlsbad, California 1,001–5,000 employees Founded 2003 Public Company
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MaxLinear designs systems-on-chip for broadband, wireless infrastructure, data center and industrial markets. Its stack is a full chip-design flow spanning Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, SystemVerilog/UVM verification, Innovus/Tempus/Calibre physical design and HFSS/SIwave signal integrity. Hiring skews heavily to senior, staff and principal engineers, and recurring pain points around yield, test time and first-silicon success point to a company pushing designs into volume production.

Tech Stack 145 technologies

Core StackPython MATLAB C++ Siemens Ansys HFSS SIwave Spectre Vector Network Analyzer Verilog SystemVerilog UVM Perl ASIC FPGA AXI ASICs InfiniBand Keystone Panther Wireshark Kerberos Tcl Innovus Tempus Calibre Xcelium Questa Cadence Synopsys Eclipse+108 more

What MaxLinear Is BuildingChallenges and projects from their job posts

◆Challenges

  • Improving yield for mass production
  • Reducing test time and improving test efficiency
  • Achieving first-silicon success
  • Power density performance challenges
  • Supporting a growing CPE PON business
  • Growing distributor revenue through opportunity reviews

▲Active Projects

  • DSP subsystem integration into SoC platforms
  • High-speed signal interfaces and PDN for SoC packages
  • System-level bring-up and validation of complex silicon
  • ATE vector bring-up
  • Reference design development
  • Meeting product qualification requirements

Hiring Activity

Steady75 roles · 10 in 30d

Department

Engineering
64
Sales
6
Product
2
Design
1
Marketing
1
Ops
1

Seniority

Senior
26
Staff
20
Principal
16
Director
7
Manager
3
Mid
2
Junior
1

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

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About MaxLinear

MaxLinear is a public fabless semiconductor company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California. It builds highly integrated SoCs combining analog, RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing on CMOS, targeting broadband (DOCSIS, GPON, Wi-Fi), mobile and wireline infrastructure, data center, and industrial applications. The company employs 1,001–5,000 people and hires across the United States, India, Singapore and Germany. It sells to equipment makers directly and through distribution channels.

HeadquartersCarlsbad, California
Company Size1,001–5,000 employees
Founded2003
Hiring MarketsIndia, United States, Singapore, Germany

Frequently Asked Questions

What EDA tools does MaxLinear use?

MaxLinear uses Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens tooling, including Spectre, Innovus, Tempus, Xcelium, Questa and Calibre, plus Ansys HFSS and SIwave for signal and power integrity analysis.

Where is MaxLinear hiring engineers?

MaxLinear is hiring in the United States, India, Singapore and Germany, with openings concentrated in senior, staff and principal engineering roles alongside some sales and product leadership positions.

What is MaxLinear working on?

Current work includes DSP subsystem integration into SoC platforms, high-speed interface and PDN design for SoC packages, ATE vector bring-up, system-level silicon validation and reference design development.

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