RFIC Design Engineer
Core
Architect, design, and validate radio transceivers integrated into wireless System-on-Chips (SoCs) to deliver high-performance wireless connectivity solutions for hundreds of millions of products.
Role type
Senior IC RFIC Design Engineer
Builds
Wireless SoCs with integrated radio transceivers (TX, RX, PLL-LOGen)
Domain
Consumer electronics / Wireless RFIC / Analog Mixed-Signal
Required skills
Analog circuit design, RF circuit design, Mixed-signal design, Transistor-level design, Power/area/performance trade-off analysis, Silicon characterization, Debugging, EM simulation, Circuit simulation
Preferred skills
Wireless transceiver mass production experience, RF transceiver architecture expertise, Modulation impact analysis, Digital-analog partitioning, Mixed-signal verification methodology
Technologies
Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF, Matlab, EMX, HFSS, SystemVerilog, AMS, Nanotime
Responsibilities
Provide RFIC designs for wireless SoC from concept to mass production; Design and deliver radio transceiver building blocks including TX, RX, and PLL-LOGen; Collaborate with RF Systems on block-level specifications and spec margin distribution; Design RF and Analog loopbacks for calibration and compensation; Address Co-Existence scenarios; Collaborate with test engineers on chip setup, debugging, and optimization; Provide design versus silicon measurements correlation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC