Job description

Senior Staff Engineer RFIC/MMIC Design
Reading, United Kingdom


OVERVIEW

Our client is a designer and manufacturer of innovative semiconductor solutions with a strong foundation in RF integration. Their product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning, and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centres, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, the team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

The Senior Staff Engineer will focus on the research and development of high-performance RF/MMICs ranging from 2 to 60 GHz. The individual will have a unique, broad, and excellent understanding of IC design practices, covering a broad range of IC techniques and circuit types. The engineer will work independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments and will do concept and feasibility study, design and develop RF/ MMIC circuit blocks.

Key Responsibilities And Activities Include

• Product Design and Evaluation:  Schematic Capture, IC layout, Simulation, Design Validation.
• Product Design Documentation:  Document all relevant product and design information to educate others on novel design techniques and provide guidance on product usage.
• Product Characterization:  Define, conduct and analyze data from product performance characterization.

Education and Experience Requirements

• 6+ years of IC design experience in Semiconductor industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Physics, or related field.
• Software tools: Virtuoso, Cadence Spectre, Keysight ADS, HFSS, Momentum, EMX.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn new tools and techniques.
• Experience with S parameter design and measurement methods and Matching techniques.
• Experience with transistor level IC design and layout in at least one and preferably more of the technology node:

                  -Bulk CMOS, CMOSSOI, SiGe-CMOS, GaAs, GaN.
                  -Understanding of the comparative advantage and tradeoffs between the different processes.

• Experience with RF and MMIC design – with expertise gained in at-least one or more areas:

                  -RF switches, power amplifiers, LNA, VCO, mixers, couplers, combiners.

• RF System Knowledge, Link Budget analysis.
• Knowledge of IC fabrication and how this impacts circuit performance.
• Good understanding of non-linear effects in transistors.
• Knowledge of basic analog Bias and control circuits and their impact on overall RF system.
• Experience with EM (Electromagnetic) modelling of High Frequency Circuit.
• IC Tape-out and measurement experience.
• Collaboration: Works jointly with other team members and departments on intellectual projects.

Features and Benefits

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
• Open, respectful and fun company culture
• Have a real impact on the company’s growth and evolution

 

For interested applicants, you may contact Cherri Tamayao on LinkedIn or kindly send your cv to [email protected]

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