Principal RFIC Designer, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and UWB

A principal-level RFIC design role in the wireless IP design group of a global semiconductor company, designing the key RF blocks for its Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB and other wireless products with a cross-functional global team.

The role

• Designing RFIC blocks and modules: RF synthesiser, VCO, LO generation, transmit and receive chains (LNA, mixer, PA, PA driver), baseband and biasing.
• Owning schematic design and simulation against performance, area and power targets.
• Supervising and reviewing layout: floor planning, device matching, routing, shielding and ESD.
• Turning top-level radio and product requirements into block-level budgets and circuit specifications.
• Leading lab bring-up, bench measurement, correlation to simulation and root-cause analysis of silicon issues.
• Working with the foundry technology team on PDKs, device models and reliability constraints.

What is needed

• A PhD in electrical engineering with five or more years in RF/analogue CMOS IC design, or an MSc with seven and a half or more.
• RF transmit and receive chain design and/or RF PLL and synthesiser design, with extensive product-level tape-out experience.
• Deep understanding of CMOS transistor and inductor physics, and of layout and packaging effects on circuit performance.
• Hands-on IC test and debug with RF lab equipment.
• Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre/SpectreRF, and PeakView or similar EM tools.

Up to a quarter of the time may be spent travelling.