Advanced IC Design Engineer

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO
9001 international quality standard and ISO
14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs, and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly, and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM offers foundry services that represent a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives, and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

This is a design engineering position on the Corporate R&D team. The individual will be responsible for developing unique and novel circuit designs to support MACOM’s RF and microwave product lines, including novel bias circuits, high‑power broadband switch and amplifier designs, broadband low‑noise designs, high‑frequency designs through 110 GHz, advanced diode circuits like non‑linear transmission lines, and various other unique and novel circuits in GaN, GaAs, Al Ga As , SiGe, InP, and other technologies.

The individual will lead projects to introduce, champion, and benchmark AI tools in the design engineering workflow, including ML models as well as generative AI models and agents. They will also provide support to active design projects through expert analysis, troubleshooting, and EM simulation assistance. Training and career growth opportunities will be provided.

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electronic Engineering, or equivalent
• 10+ years relevant experience
• Extensive design experience in multiple RF/microwave semiconductor technologies such as GaN, GaAs, and Si Ge
• Extensive EM simulation experience, including both 2.5D MoM and 3D FEM
• MMIC design expertise in Keysight ADS and/or Cadence AWR
• Experience with use of ML and/or generative AI in design engineering, including model training and usage
• Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position

The Salary Range for this position is $120,000 - $170,000. Actual salary offered to candidates will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, work location, relevant candidates’ experience, education, and specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process, please call  or email  and provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed.

We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer‑sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Professional development opportunities.