RFIC Senior Staff Engineer - East Coast Remote

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Engineering Group > RFIC Design

Define, design and develop complex radio frequency integrated circuits in complex SoC’s and discrete RFIC’s. Perform radio signal path and circuit topology analysis and detailed transistor-level design of highly-integrated transceivers and associated blocks for wireless applications, 4G, 5G, WLAN, BT and GPS standards using advanced process technologies. Utilize complex analysis, simulation, engineering, science and mathematical principles to compose algorithm structures to solve problems.

Assess processing requirements and select devices to meet requirements. Debug and assess performance of algorithms in actual application hardware.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience designing RF/Analog circuits for wireless products (e.g., LNA's, PLL's) and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field AND 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field AND 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of academic or professional experience using two or more of the following software: CADENCE, Virtuoso, ADS.
• 2+ years of product experience with conception, design, and commercialization.

• 3+ years experience in the transistor level design of RF analog integrated circuits with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with internship or publication.
• 7+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
  Design of receiver and transmitter RF/Analog circuits, Design of high-performance RF frequency synthesizers, Digital control and signal processing, Product experience from conception, design, and product commercialization, Electro Magnetic simulation/modeling.
• 3+ year of product experience with post silicon characterization.
• 3+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director and above).
• 2+ years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports (only applies to positions with direct reports).

• Leads team to determine circuit-level specifications based on system-level requirements.
• Leads team to develop module-level architecture and design of multiple complex blocks based on specifications.
• Works effectively with incomplete, ambiguous or conflicting requirements to successfully resolve complex architecture and design problems.
• Leads others and independently runs simulations to determine how circuits perform under various circumstances.
• Leads team to floor‑plan layout; collaborates with layout engineers to generate the layout of circuits and conduct physical verification on the layout; performs detailed review of generated layout.
• Reviews module-level test plans and reviews test results from more junior team members and provides instructions for test engineers; develops complex algorithms for testing new features.
• Ensures that bugs are fully understood and analyzed; responsible for helping to resolve complex internal and end‑customer issues.
• Develops deep knowledge of industry trends, previous generation's advances, competitors' products, and advances related to RFICs.
• Leads conversations to generate new ideas and directions to explore for next-generation RFICs; pursues opportunities to plan and develop new ideas.
• Reviews and writes clear and detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for highly complex or difficult projects to guide users; reviews and provides feedback on more junior engineers' documentation.

• Working independently with little supervision.
• Providing supervision to others who may be direct reports.
• Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
• Using verbal…