Senior Engineer, RF Systems

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 Summary

The Senior RF Systems Engineer will possess a working understanding of 4G & 5G Cellular Systems, cross-functional teamwork, and good communication skills. Required are good communications skills for interfacing with product development, test, process, and internal marketing teams. The Senior RF Systems Engineer will help define the future of RF Front-End market by assessing architecture and component options, setting device specifications & validation requirements, and help guide our customers towards our vision of the future.

 

The Senior RF Systems Engineer will be an experienced RF and Analog/Mixed Signal hardware engineer who is adept at system design supporting of Mobile Wireless Communications, Wireless Infrastructure, Wi-Fi, and Broadband Communications. In this position, the Senior RF Systems Engineer will help define new product specifications and guide technology planning to support the growth of the business. Key functional responsibilities will include: System architecture analyses, RF link budgets, product performance requirements, digital control system definition, and detailed RF performance measurements. Having experience with RFIC design techniques and fundamentals of CMOS and RF technologies is also required.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Define and document complete radio architecture definitions that expand pSemi’s core competencies and technologies
• Provide definition and assessments of architectures, RF Front Ends, RF/AMS ICs, digital control systems and interfaces, and any supporting algorithms
• Identify technical core competencies and functional capability that need to be developed to make product lines successful
• Support marketing and design engineering with insights concerning technical requirements of wireless markets and industry standards
• Conduct system and sub-system analyses to define functionality and specification requirements of highly integrated products
• Technical interface with customer engineering teams and system architects
• Support IP generation activities and develop and apply novel concepts
• Assist in defining requirements of automated test equipment

 

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations
• Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information 
• Displaying Technical Expertise: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
• Driving for Results:  Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will to put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal driven approach toward work
• Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions

 

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Typically requires 3-5 years work experience in RF systems and applications engineering depending on education level and experience
• Ability to maintain technical expertise/competence with the ever-changing technology and dynamic industry landscape
• Working understanding of 3GPP mobile wireless RF requirements
• Knowledge of wireless architectures and considerations including distributed antenna architectures, high efficiency PA architectures,