Principal Analog​/Mixed Signal​/RF IC Design Engineer

Responsibilities

Join Max Linear and you will work closely with a world-class team of IC designers to design high-performance ICs with RF, analog, mixed-signal and digital systems integrated on a single chip. In this role, you will focus on:

• Define architectures based on high-level specifications
• Lead design, implementation, and verification of RF and mixed-signal circuits on an SOC
• Collaborate with system and product design teams to optimize circuits and system specification trade-offs
• Characterize and debug relevant blocks and systems
• Analyze the effects of non-idealities on circuit performance
• Report the results of IC design, analysis and evaluation

• Strong knowledge of Analog/RF/Mixed-signal circuits, with ability to drive architecture and topology choices
  • In-depth understanding of Mixed-signal circuit blocks such as ADCs, DACs, TDCs, Anti-alias filters
  • Ability to drive chip level specifications for matching, signal path, spurious analysis, frequency planning
  • Strong knowledge of circuit blocks such as base-band amplifiers, VGAs, op-amp based filters, regulators, LNAs, Mixers and VCOs
  • Strong knowledge of high frequency serdes transmit and receive paths
  • Strong understanding of various equalization techniques for high speed Serdes systems and CDR subsystems
• You must have familiarity with wireless or wireline communication specifications and derivation of block-level requirements from these high-level specifications
• Solid understanding of CMOS process and device physics
• Working understanding of FinFET layouts
• Understanding of semiconductor packaging and production testing
• Hands-on experience testing your own designs in the lab and define production test requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• BE/PhD/ME/MS in Electrical Engineering with at least 12 years of experience in RF/Analog/Mixed-signal design