RFIC Senior Design Engineer

This Semi Recruiting client is a rapidly-growing semiconductor start-up company based in Santa Barbara, CA. This role has excellent opportunity for growth and will report the Chief Design Officer of the company. There is no travel component to this job, but it is an on-site role - no exceptions. The integration of the various teams in person is necessary to the success of these projects. The salary is $185,000 - $235,000 depending on expertise offered, plus bonus.

The position would be responsible for the design of radio-frequency and millimeter-wave semiconductor integrated circuits for low-noise and high-power operation. Evaluation of compound semiconductor and silicon technologies for product development including both chips and package. A new team member should be comfortable with a start-up environment and evolving roles in product definition and design testing of integrated circuits.

Responsibilities

The RFIC Design Engineer will lead & develop core products in the start-up's heterogeneous integration platform based on a combination of silicon and compound semiconductor devices. Design scope ranges from analog circuitry to millimeter-wave circuit design with some knowledge of basic digital control elements. The RFIC Design Engineer will work collaboratively within the Design Group to develop high-performance circuits based on a variety of integrated circuit platforms and will need to anticipate testing, packaging, and verification approaches that reduce product cost. The team member will work closely with the manufacturing team and other stakeholders. Successful candidates will thrive in a hands-on, independent role and can offer leadership. The position seeks veteran candidates who can adapt to management roles.  

Qualifications 

• 5 years of industry experience in the field of Si/SiGe radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFIC) and/or GaN/GaAs/InP microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMIC) with demonstrated design and product success 
• MS or PhD in electrical engineering or related 
• Deep understanding of analog, radio-frequency and millimeter-wave circuit design 
• Deep understanding of radio-frequency design concepts such as analysis of noise, linearity, mismatch, stability, and other analog impairments 
• Familiarity with various transceiver architectures and their trade-offs, system specifications and ability to translate system into circuit requirements at the IC level 
• Ability to design circuit blocks up to 100 GHz and advise on testing strategies 
• Background experience with mixed-signal circuit techniques in silicon CMOS 
• Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Keysight ADS and/or Cadence AWR environments 
• Fluency with 2.5D/3D electromagnetic simulation, e.g. EMX, Momentum, Clarity 
• Knowledge of design automation software is beneficial 

This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee. 

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