Senior Principal RF Design Engineer

## Senior Principal RF Design Engineer Apply locations:
AUSTIN:
Burlington, MA:
CARYtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R55248##
** At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
** Experienced Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) IC designer specialize in engineering high-frequency (30 GHz+) transceivers and components for 5G/6G communications, aerospace radar, and automotive sensors. Will drive the full product lifecycle, tackling challenges like parasitic extraction, thermal management, and high-frequency electromagnetic modeling. High level of customer engagement at a fast pace on state of the art design. Requires a deep, specialized skill set:
* ** Building Blocks:
** Deep expertise in designing custom blocks such as Power Amplifiers (PAs), Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), mixers, and Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCOs).
* ** RF Subsystem:
** Deep expertise in designing Tx and Rx signal chains for noise, figure, linearity dynamic range and power efficiency. Deep experience in RF PLL design including Sigma delta, FRAC-N PLL. Phase noise and spurius signal, settling time.

Experience with PLL buildng blocks such as PFD, charge pumps, dividers, multipliers.
* ** Architecture:
** Proficiency in RF transceiver architectures, direct-conversion topologies, and phased-array systems. Signal chain analysis and system figures of merit such as ACPR, EVM and BER.
* ** Process Technologies:
** Hands-on experience on advanced nodes using RF SOI process and deep knowledge of the required trade offs.
* ** Software Tools:
** Mastery of standard EDA software environments, including:  +
** System Simulation:
** VSS -  +
** Schematic & Simulation:
** Cadence Virtuoso and VRF flows  +
** Electromagnetic (EM) Simulation:
** EMX, and Clarity  +
** Layout & Verification:
** Layout MXL, QRC and Pegasus
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* Education:

** Usually an M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (or a closely related discipline).

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* Experience:

** 10+ years of industrial experience taking designs from conception through tape-out to final lab validation.

- ** Validation:
** Extensive
** lab characterization experience
** utilizing high-frequency equipment like spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and probe stations.
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