Staff Engineer, RFIC Design (WIFI)

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Duties: Design and commercialize advanced RF Front End Module RFICs for pSemi’s WIFI product division. Research and develop WIFI FEM RFIC’s in the 2.4G, 5G and 6G bands with pSemi’s proprietary CMOS SOI process. Determine methods and procedures for new WIFI FEM RFIC designs including concept and feasibility study, design, and development of RFIC circuit blocks. Schematic Capture, IC layout, Simulation, Package Analysis, Evaluation Board Design, Design Validation, Design Correlation. Document all relevant product and design information to educate others on novel design techniques and provide guidance on product usage. Work with Characterization and Test Engineers to define, conduct, and analyze data from product performance characterization. Work with Test Engineers to define, develop, and ramp production ATE solutions. Work with Product, Test and Manufacturing Engineers to help assess field failures, support yield improvements, failure analysis. Work with Modeling Engineers to improve Transistor model accuracy.

Required education: Master of Science or equivalent in Electrical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; or related.

Required experience: 12 months as Staff Engineer, RFIC Design (WIFI); or Staff RF/Mixed Signal IC Design Engineer.

Additional minimum requirements: work experience to include at least 1 year with each of the following:

1. RF/Analog IC product development;

2. S parameter design, measurement methods, matching techniques;

3. Transistor level IC design and layout, Bulk CMOS;         

4. Differential PA, RFIC switches, VCO, combiners and transformer design;

5. Cadence Virtuoso, ADS, Matlab, EMX Software;

6. WIFI PA design.

40 hours/ week. Job site/ interview: San Diego, CA Salary $120,000 - $130,000/yr. EOE

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pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including “protected veterans” under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

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