Principal RFIC Design Engineer

Nutanix; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Principal RFIC/Analog Design Engineer to lead the development of RF transceivers aimed at the IoT market. This role involves designing and verifying key circuits, collaborating with multiple teams, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates must have significant experience in IC development and a strong background in RF and analogue design.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years’ experience in relevant IC development.
• Recent successful RFIC/analogue project contributions.
• Understanding of Design for Manufacture considerations.

Responsibilities

• Specify, design and verify key circuits of integrated RF transceivers.
• Work closely with software and product integration teams.
• Provide broad technical expertise and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Engineering degree

Fluent English

Low power/low noise design techniques

RF and analogue layout techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Cadence

RF lab equipment

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

We are searching for a Principal level radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)/Analogue design engineer to join a strong group of RFIC designers to help lead Qualcomm in the development of RF transceivers to address the IoT market. Working within a dynamic design team you will participate in the development of next generation RFIC products in the IoT wireless space.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Specify, design and verify key circuits and sub-systems of integrated RF transceivers
• Work closely with other teams to facilitate the design and production process,

• e.g. Software, Signal Processing, Product Integration, Sales & Marketing

• Provide broad technical expertise and mentor junior engineers within the team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Engineering degree in a relevant discipline. BSc, MSc or equivalent
• 10 to 15 years’ experience of relevant IC development
• Fluent English speaker

• Recent successful RFIC/analogue project contributions on highly integrated RF transceivers, ideally related to broadband wireless communication systems, e.g. WiFi or LTE, on a nanometer scale RF-CMOS technology
• Understanding of low power/low noise design techniques for analogue and RF
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacture considerations on cutting edge processes
• Full appreciation of RF and analogue layout techniques

REQUIRED DETAILED KNOWLEDGE:

• Proficiency in Cadence and/or Mentor frontend and backend tools are absolutely required
• Familiarity with RF lab equipment such as signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and vector signal analyzers is required

PREFERRED DETAILED KNOWLEDGE:

• Wideband IF circuits for broadband transceivers (including high-speed operational amplifiers and filters)
• Multi-band RF circuit design in the 700MHz to 7GHz range
• Design experience with circuits such as amplifiers, low power oscillators, low drop out regulators, data converters, high precision biasing techniques, etc.
• RFIC system and architecture design, ideally for OFDM applications
• RFIC sub-system and block level definition & specification

ADDITIONAL USEFUL EXPERIENCE:

• System simulation
• Integrated single chip RF + digital baseband projects
• Top level chip simulation and functional verification
• Analogue behavioral language modeling (e.g. Verilog-AMS)
• Mixed-mode simulation environments (e.g. mixed Verilog and device level)
• Direct conversion Rx and Tx architectures and associated considerations
• DFT and BIST for analogue and RF circuits
• Silicon test and de-bugging

KEY WORDS:

• CMOS
• IoT
• RF and analogue
• RFIC Designer
• Cadence
• +10 years’ experience in RFIC design
• BSc, MSc

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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