Principal Engineer – Time-Series & Sensor Reasoning Models Careers at Analog Devices in San Jose, California and Rio Robles, California | Join Lorenz Labs
Overview: Pioneering Physical Intelligence at Analog Devices Lorenz Labs
Imagine engineering AI that doesn't just process language or images, but truly understands the physical world through time, sensors, and dynamic signals. At Analog Devices in San Jose, California and Rio Robles, California, Lorenz Labs is creating the future of Physical Intelligence—foundation models that reason about audio waves, motion patterns, physiological signals, and environmental contexts with human-like intuition.
As a Principal Engineer – Time-Series & Sensor Reasoning Models, you'll lead the charge in developing next-generation architectures that unify multimodal sensor streams into coherent, context-aware reasoning systems. This isn't incremental AI research; it's building the Artificial Engineer—AI capable of simulating, understanding, and designing electro-physical systems.
Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI), with over $9 billion in FY24 revenue and 24,000 global employees, bridges the physical and digital worlds. Lorenz Labs, our advanced AI group within Edge AI, pushes beyond vision-language models into the temporal and sensory domains. Your work will power ADI's PhysGPT suite, transforming industries from digital healthcare and mobility to digitized factories and climate monitoring.
Based in the heart of Silicon Valley's innovation ecosystem in San Jose, California, and our advanced facilities in Rio Robles, California, you'll collaborate with world-class hardware engineers, signal processing experts, and AI researchers. This role demands 10% travel for conferences and partnerships, offering visibility at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, and ICASSP.
A Day in the Life of a Principal Engineer at Lorenz Labs
Your morning begins diving into the latest time-series foundation model training runs on our distributed AWS/GCP clusters. Reviewing metrics from Chronos-inspired architectures processing multi-sensor streams—IMU data fused with audio spectrograms and PPG signals—you identify breakthroughs in cross-modal alignment.
By mid-morning, you're in a co-design session with ADI's hardware teams, optimizing Tiny Recursive Models for edge deployment on resource-constrained MCUs. Lunch sparks ideas over causal inference techniques for anomaly detection in industrial vibration data.
Afternoons involve mentoring junior researchers on DPO alignment for physical reasoning tasks, followed by experimentation with Liquid Neural Networks that capture long-range temporal dependencies better than Transformers. Evenings might see you drafting a NeurIPS submission on sensor fusion frameworks that enable robots to interpret environments through dynamic acoustic cues.
This rhythm of research, collaboration, and innovation defines life at Lorenz Labs—where every day advances the frontier of physically-intelligent AI.
Why San Jose and Rio Robles, California? The Perfect Launchpad for AI Innovation
San Jose, California anchors Silicon Valley's epicenter, home to Stanford, Google, and countless AI pioneers. Our state-of-the-art labs immerse you in a talent-dense ecosystem where ideas cross-pollinate daily. From networking at ML meetups to recruiting top PhDs, San Jose fuels your career acceleration.
Rio Robles, California offers advanced manufacturing and testing facilities, bridging research to production-scale edge AI. Just minutes from San Jose, it provides the ideal balance of cutting-edge R&D and real-world deployment expertise.
California's innovation culture, combined with ADI's global reach, positions you at the intersection of academia, industry, and hardware reality. Enjoy year-round mild weather, world-class dining, and proximity to Yosemite and coastal escapes—while shaping AI that understands the physical world.
Career Growth: From Principal Engineer to AI Visionary
At Analog Devices, Principal Engineers don't plateau. Lorenz Labs offers clear paths to Distinguished Engineer, Director of AI Research, and VP of Physical Intelligence. Lead cross-functional teams building PhysGPT, publish groundbreaking papers, and patent novel architectures.
Access ADI University for executive leadership training, present at global conferences, and shape our Artificial Engineer roadmap. With 10+ years experience as baseline, you'll mentor the next generation while expanding your influence across ADI's $9B ecosystem.
Rewards: Compensation That Reflects Your Impact
Expected base salary spans $170,775–$256,163 USD, varying by experience and location within San Jose and Rio Robles, California. Performance bonuses, comprehensive medical/vision/dental, 401k matching, generous PTO, holidays, and sick time complete the package.
Equity grants align your success with ADI's growth. Unlimited conference travel budgets, cutting-edge compute resources, and global collaboration opportunities amplify your professional rewards.
Lorenz Labs Culture: Frontier Thinkers United by Mission
We attract curious minds obsessed with the physical-digital boundary. Flat hierarchies foster bold ideas; psychological safety encourages wild hypotheses about time-series reasoning. Weekly research shares, AI reading groups, and hardware hackathons build deep connections.
Diversity drives innovation—our teams span global backgrounds, united by passion for Physical Intelligence. 1st shift flexibility supports work-life balance in California's vibrant communities.
Apply Now: Shape the Future of Physical AI
U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, and protected individuals preferred due to export controls. Submit your CV showcasing time-series expertise, publications, and sensor fusion experience. Join us in San Jose or Rio Robles, California to build AI that reasons like physicists and engineers.
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