Staff Engineer, RF Front-End Process & Device

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a driven engineer to advance Si process technology for Mixed-Signal/RF products. You will evaluate, develop, and enable design for RFFE developments with foundry partners, addressing RF, layout, and reliability requirements.

You will collaborate with design, PDK, and reliability teams to optimize process-design-layout interactions, and you will contribute to DOE-driven test structures and device-level modeling to ensure product performance and quality.

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 of 8+ years of industrial experience developing advanced CMOS processes and devices.
• Excellent understanding of the RF-CMOS, SOI or BiCMOS, process integration, reliability, design rules and best layout practices.
• Excellent understanding of PDK related details including DRC, LVS, LPE, etc.
• Proficiency in device level test-structure development, DOE design, statistical analysis, and data-driven problem solving.
• Excellent understanding of sub-micron process/device optimization and its impact on digital/analog/RF/HV circuit design and product level performance.
• Experience designing wafer level designs (analog IPs, LNA, PAs) and circuit design flows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive bulk Si and RFSOI technology evaluation, development and design enablement for RFFE designs, including RF switching and antenna circuits, receivers, transmitters.
• Work with design and product teams to define process and device requirements for continuous technology improvements.
• Define and execute test structures, DOE, layout and characterization for process evaluation to meet design requirements.
• Design, simulate and test RF circuits to understand the process-design-layout interaction to guide optimization for optimum performance.
• Interact with internal design teams, PDK teams, reliability, and product engineering to ensure technology support.
• Assure product quality by devising testing methodology and testing product and system capabilities.
• Work independently on assigned tasks with ownership of technical execution and schedule commitments.
• Innovate new methods for continuous device and process improvement; support automation and AI-assisted workflows.

Skills

RF-CMOS

SOI/BiCMOS

PDK familiarity

Device-level test-structure

DOE design

Statistical analysis

Data-driven problem solving

BSIM/PSP-SOI models

Foundry/OSAT interface

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering

Master's degree in Science or Engineering

PhD in Science or Engineering

Tools

DRC/LVS/LPE

Circuit design simulations

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a driven engineer to advance Si process technology for Mixed-Signal/RF products. You will evaluate, develop, and enable design for RFFE developments with foundry partners, addressing RF, layout, and reliability requirements.

You will collaborate with design, PDK, and reliability teams to optimize process-design-layout interactions, and you will contribute to DOE-driven test structures and device-level modeling to ensure product performance and quality.