RFIC Design Engineer – RFIC Design
| Company | Qualcomm |
|---|---|
| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Salary | $154000 – $231000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience with designing RF/Analog circuits for wireless products (e.g., LNA’s, PLL’s) and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
- OR Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 2+ years of academic or professional experience using two or more of the following software: CADENCE, Virtuoso, ADS.
Responsibilities
- Determines circuit-level specifications based on system-level requirements with minimal supervision.
- Uses technical expertise with tools/applications to develop the architecture and design of one or more blocks based on specifications.
- Resolves architecture and design problems by applying sound RFIC engineering practices with minimal supervision.
- Runs simulations to determine how circuits perform under various circumstances with minimal supervision.
- Independently floor-plan layout; works with layout engineers under minimal guidance to generate the layout of circuits and conduct physical verification on the layout; participate in review of generated layout.
- Writes test plans and reviews test results to assess performance and identify any bugs in own work and provides instructions to test engineers for their design block.
- Debugs most issues and escalates highly complex issues.
- Seeks essential knowledge of industry trends, and advances related to RFICs.
- Collaborates with team members to generate new ideas.
- Writes clear and detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions to guide users.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years experience in the transistor level design of RF analog integrated circuits with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with internship or publication.
- 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Design of receiver and transmitter RF/Analog circuits, Design of high-performance RF frequency synthesizers, Digital control and signal processing, Product experience from conception, design, and product commercialization, Electro Magnetic simulation/modeling.
- 1+ year of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
- 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director and above).