Staff RF Analog IC Design Engineer

Qualcomm; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cambridge is seeking an experienced RF Analog IC design engineer to enhance their team and work on innovative IOT product designs. Candidates should possess strong experience in analogue/RF IC design, particularly in ADC and DAC technologies, with a proven track record in delivering circuit designs. This fulltime role requires onsite presence, collaborating closely with design and system teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in analogue/RF IC design.
• Solid understanding of analogue/RF circuit design.
• Experience taking design from specification to production.
• Familiarity with wireless standards like WLAN, BT, LTE.

Responsibilities

• Work with design team on new radio developments.
• Design circuits from architecture to final delivery.
• Characterize designs to ensure they meet system requirements.

Skills

Analogue/RF IC design

ADC design

DAC design

Low power design

Verilog-AMS modelling

MATLAB

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering

Master's degree in Science or Engineering

PhD in Science or Engineering

Tools

Spectrum analysers

Digital oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE WILL REQUIRE 5 DAYS PER WEEK ONSITE IN OUR CAMBRIDGE OFFICE

An experienced RF Analog IC design engineer is required to work with the existing design team on new radio developments for next generation IOT products. This role is essential to strengthen our team capabilities to deliver innovative and quality designs on schedule to meet our business commitments in IOT.

You shall be working alongside the existing analog design team in the development of data converters for IOT products. We shall also be developing test level interfaces and general analogue circuits for our new products.

The successful candidate will work within the Analogue/RF group based in Cambridge, UK, on circuit designs for use in radio transceivers. This involves a wide range of circuits from RF through to baseband and PLLs, with an emphasis on low power design. You will be responsible for the design from the initial choice of architecture to the final delivery of the design. The ability to innovate new techniques to meet challenging and sometimes evolving circuit requirements due to ever-changing market conditions is highly desired. The candidate will ideally have experience of leading junior engineers and of being a cell design lead. One aspect of the work involves working closely with layout engineers, to define the floorplan and provide guidance to optimising the layout while maintaining good performance.

The candidate will also work closely with other disciplines such as the Radio system team to help to define the system requirements. After the design is fabricated, the engineer will be involved with cell characterization to ensure the design meets system requirements and to take the design through to production.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Minimum Experience:

• 5 or more years of industrial experiences in analogue/RF IC design with experience in ADC and DAC design. Additional experience in any of the following: PLL, VCO, PA, LNA, Mixer, Filter, crystal oscillator.
• Solid understanding of the fundamental of analogue/RF circuit design and fully competent in analogue design and verification.
• Experience of taking a design from specification through to production.
• Able to share own experience with junior engineers and to provide guidance
• Familiarity of the system requirements on one or more of the following wireless standard: WLAN, BT, LTE.
• A solid background in data converter architectures, circuit design and verification, is highly desirable.
• Proven track record of delivering circuit designs with minimal supervision.
• Contributions to the development of analogue design flows and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Verilog-AMS modelling, MATLAB and Python is a bonus.
• Familiar with the use of laboratory equipment e.g. spectrum analysers, digital oscilloscopes, signal generators.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Enthusiastic about analogue circuit design.
• Enjoy being part of a team developing advanced low power transceiver solutions through to production.
• Ability to work with teams in other disciplines to deliver solutions often with aggressive deadlines.
• Extensive data converter design experience, preferably with high speed data converter experience
• Keywords we are looking for: ADC, DAC, data converter, mixed signal

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