Lead RFIC & Mixed-Signal IC Designer

Blue Origin; Central (TX); On-site; USD 213,331 - 298,663; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) match up to 5%

PTO & holidays

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced RFIC design engineer to design and develop RFICs and mixed-signal ASICs for the TeraWave program. You will implement designs with Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre RF, develop analog verification models, and create comprehensive test plans for pre- and post-silicon validation.

The role requires 10+ years in RFIC or equivalent research, a relevant engineering degree, and direct tape-out experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of RFIC design and development, or the combination of industry experience and equivalent research from a PhD program.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Experience with RF and/or Mixed Signal Block design.
• Experience with Linux development environment.
• Direct Tape out Experience in taping out an RF or deep sub-micron Analog mix signal chip.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop RFICs, and mixed-signal ASICs.
• Implement designs using Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF and similar tools.
• Develop analog model for verification methodologies for ASIC verification and requirements validation.
• Create and execute test plans for pre and post silicon processes.
• Conduct noise, linearity, power, mismatch and other analog impairments implementations tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including systems, firmware, architecture, and product engineering.
• Support lab integration and troubleshooting activities.
• Resolve design and layout issues and drive solutions for interface timing, congestion, and other implementation challenges.
• Adopt AI based methodology throughout the design cycle of the custom ICs, from design, simulation to verification, characterization and manufacturing.

Skills

RFIC design

Mixed-signal ASIC

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre RF

Analog verification

Linux

Tape-out

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre RF

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced RFIC design engineer to design and develop RFICs and mixed-signal ASICs for the TeraWave program. You will implement designs with Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre RF, develop analog verification models, and create comprehensive test plans for pre- and post-silicon validation.

The role requires 10+ years in RFIC or equivalent research, a relevant engineering degree, and direct tape-out experience.