Staff RFIC Design Engineer - Sophia Antipolis, France

Nutanix; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the IoT market is seeking a Staff RFIC/Analogue design engineer to join their dynamic design team. This role involves specifying and designing key circuits for RF transceivers, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across various teams to drive innovation in wireless communication systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, excellent problem-solving skills, and experience in RFIC design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IC development experience.
• Fluent English speaker.
• Experience with RFIC/analogue projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify integrated RF transceivers.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Mentor

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm France S.A.R.L.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

About the Role

We are searching for a Staff 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

PROFILE:

• Highly motivated, pro-active self-starter
• Strong sense of ownership and responsibility
• Creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills
• Team oriented attitude
• Ability to thrive in a multicultural environment
• Ability to communicate well with cross-functional teams
• Excellent written and oral communications skills

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Engineering degree in a relevant discipline. BSc, MSc or equivalent
• 5+ 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
• 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 sub-system and block level definition & specification

ADDITIONAL USEFUL EXPERIENCE:

• RFIC system and architecture design, ideally for OFDM applications
• 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
• +5 years’ experience in RFIC design
• BSc, MSc

Minimum Qualifications:

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

*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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