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Posted 1-19-2012

RF Switch Lead Design Engineer

Searching for a Lead Design Engineer for our San Jose Design Center!

In Antenna Management Solutions / SSCPL we are currently looking for an experienced RFIC Design Lead and Engineer to lead a group of 3-5 engineers to design antenna tuning products for cellular handset applications.

The products include a range of high performance, low cost, antenna tuning components and other front-end products containing RF switches. The candidate will support products during the entire product life cycle from product definition through product release to end-of-life. As part of a cross-functional product development team the candidate will support other essential disciplines including marketing and applications, project management, quality, characterization, production and test engineering.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

•Product Definition: Assist Marketing in defining new products through feasibility studies and technical competitive analyses.
•Product Design and Evaluation: Schematic Capture, IC layout, Simulation, Package Analysis, Evaluation Board Design, Design Validation.
•Product Documentation: Document all relevant product and design information to educate others on novel design techniques and provide guidance on product usage.
•Product Characterization: Work with Characterization and Test Engineers to define, conduct and analyze data from product performance characterization.
•Production Test Development: Work with Test Engineers to define, develop and ramp production test solutions.
•Product Support: Work with Applications, Product, Test and Manufacturing Engineers to help answer customer questions, assess field failures, support yield improvements, etc.

The qualified candidate will have a BSEE but MSEE or PhD EE preferred.
•Well-developed communication skills
•Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills
•Direct experience with current top handset or chipset manufacturer in the design of switches
•CMOS IC design for commercial applications – bulk and/or SOI processes
•RF IC design – switches, amplifiers, etc.
•Analog IC design - bandgap voltage references, low-drop out voltage regulators, operational amplifiers etc.
•Hands on use of RF measurement equipment to validate performance
•Experience with software tools: Cadence, ADS, Momentum

Please contact me at traci.wright@rfmd.com
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