RFIC Design Engineer

The wireless RFIC team architects, designs, and validates radio transceivers integrated into sophisticated wireless SoCs. Our wireless organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development that transform the user experience at the product level, all of which is driven by an outstanding vertically integrated engineering team spanning RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation and FW/SW engineering!

• Led design of radio transceiver chains, including TX, RX, and PLL-LOGen for wireless connectivity products.
• Drive radio KPI (power, area, performance) to meet product requirements.
• Work with multi-functional teams including platform architecture, wireless design, RF HW and SW to define radio features enabling wireless innovation.
• Work closely with RF Systems in block level and high level specifications of the TX and RX line ups and PLL-LOGen, and accurate distribution of spec margins in the chain.
• Hands-on design contributions, starting from concept, architecture, and topology to transistor-level feasibility studies and KPI trade-off analysis to actual design, simulations, and extractions.
• Design of RF and Analog loopbacks for calibration and compensation.
• Work through Co-Existence scenarios and design to meet the CoEx requirements.
• Be responsible for the floorplan layout and verification of the design to ensure a successful tape-out.
• Close collaboration with RFIC test engineers in the bring up, debug and optimization of the wireless connectivity chip through the productization.
• Provide design versus silicon measurements correlation and compliance with specifications for volume production.

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Shown RF/analog and mixed-signal design experience in groundbreaking RF CMOS design.
• Strong understanding of analog design concepts such as analysis of noise, linearity, mismatch, stability, and other analog impairments.
• Experience in Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF, Matlab, EM simulation (EMX, HFSS), and similar tools.
• Direct experience in designing and bringing wireless transceivers into mass production in deep sub-micron RFCMOS technology.
• Experience should also include understanding DFT and DFM techniques for mass production environments.

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance

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