Senior RFIC Design Engineer - Flexible Schedule & Benefits

KYOCERA International, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Vacation time

Holidays

401(k) with company match

Pension

Medical, dental, vision insurance

FSA

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Kyocera International, Inc. is seeking a Senior RFIC Design Engineer in San Diego, CA to develop high-performance RF and analog ICs for wireless and sensing products. This role integrates circuit design, layout, testing, and productization across multiple teams.

Responsibilities include schematic and layout signoff, simulation and characterization, and collaborating with RF Systems, Test, Firmware, and Manufacturing to ensure production-ready silicon. PhD or MS with experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field with RF/analog/mixed-signal specialization; no industry experience required.
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering with at least 3 years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify RF, analog, and mixed-signal blocks from spec to signoff.
• Analyze tradeoffs in performance, power, area, noise, and bandwidth.
• Develop RFIC blocks like amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, data converters, filters, regulators, and calibration circuits.
• Collaborate with system engineers to derive block specs and margins.
• Run schematic, post-layout, PVT, Monte Carlo, EM, and reliability simulations; document results.
• Work with layout on floorplanning, device placement, routing, shielding, and manufacturability.
• Support RFIC-package-PCB co-simulation and assess interconnect effects.

Skills

RFIC design

Analog design

Circuit analysis

Transistor-level design

Layout knowledge

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Matlab/Python

Measurement experience

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering (with 3+ years experience)

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre

Job description

Kyocera International, Inc. is seeking a Senior RFIC Design Engineer in San Diego, CA to develop high-performance RF and analog ICs for wireless and sensing products. This role integrates circuit design, layout, testing, and productization across multiple teams.

Responsibilities include schematic and layout signoff, simulation and characterization, and collaborating with RF Systems, Test, Firmware, and Manufacturing to ensure production-ready silicon. PhD or MS with experience preferred.