Staff RFIC Design Engineer
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Description
Description
We are looking for a Staff RFIC Design Engineer to join the Qorvo team in San Diego, CA. You will work in a highly co-operative environment to design highly-integrated microwave and millimeter-wave RFICs in state of the art technologies.
Responsibilities
You will be a part of an energetic, fast growing team with opportunities for to develop technical depth and product-level ownership as well as customer interaction and system definition. Successful members of our team are self-starters, highly curious, communicative, and have strong sense of accountability. We are very flexible with work arrangements.
Required Experience and Skills
Minimum Qualifications
- MSEE/PhD with 5+ years of IC design experience
- RF design experience in advanced silicon processes
- Deep understanding of analog, RF and mmW design techniques including parasitic modeling and EM analysis
- Solid understanding of front-end PA/LNA/switch circuits including impact of transition and package
- Familiarity of RF/mmWave beamforming architectures and circuit blocks (ie. phase shifters, VGA)
- Knowledge of verification methodologies including behavioral, analog, RF, AMS and basic Verilog/VerilogA
- Design experience in analog or digital PLLs with block level expertise in PFD, Charge Pumps, Dividers, VCOs etc. is a plus
- Experienced with LDO and power supply design for low noise is a plus
- Knowledge of packaging technologies and their impact on circuit design and ability to perform EM analysis on packages is a plus
Desired Experience and Skills
Desired Skills:
- Knowledgeable about foundry processes and ability to perform trade-studies to select appropriate processes for specific RFIC applications
- Experienced in silicon characterization and debugging
- Proven track record of design for first time success
- Capable to mentor others in advanced circuit design and simulation techniques
- Experience with Cadence, EMX or other electromagnetic simulators
- Participates in defining design process improvements and implementation of such improvements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey complex technical information