EM Design Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 139,400 - 209,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking an RFIC Design Engineer in Santa Clara to design and develop RF passive components for next-generation RFICs. You will work with the circuit design team to optimize component sizes and performance, delivering compact models and clean physical designs for 6nm/14ff CMOS and SOI technologies.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in RF/Analog design, strong EM simulation experience, and proficiency with Cadence/Virtuoso/ADS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of RF/Analog design experience.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of ASIC design experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering with relevant research or industry experience.
• 2+ years using CADENCE, Virtuoso, or ADS for design/verification.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop RF passive components for next-gen RFICs in 6nm/14ff CMOS and SOI.
• Collaborate with circuit designers to optimize component sizes and performance.

Skills

RF passive design

EM simulation

Cadence tools

Agilent ADS

MoM EM solvers

Education

BSEE in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Virtuoso

ADS

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > RFIC Design

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age and this is where you come in.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop RF passive components for use in the next generation of highly integrated RF integrated circuits in deep sub-micron 6nm and 14ff CMOS and SOI technologies.
• Work with the circuit design team to optimize component sizes and performance for use in RF circuit blocks.
• Deliver components that include compact models, and DRC clean physical designs.
• Execute isolation analysis and optimization to reduce on-chip and chip to package coupling.
• Optimization of multichip carriers for RF systems, focusing on loss and isolation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the design and simulation of RF passive components such as inductors, transformers, MOM capacitors and passive filters.
• Demonstrated abilities with EM simulation techniques and tool including MoM EM solvers, HFSS, and EMX.
• Experience with circuit design and layout using Cadence tools and Agilent ADS.
• Compact RLCK Model extraction of multiport passive components.
• Ability to use EM tools to predict circuit level electric and magnetic coupling.
• Passionate self-starter and team player with experience in project leadership and multi-tasking.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$139,400.00 - $209,200.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm.

• We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).
• In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.