Senior Engineer, Characterization

Murata America • San Diego, CA

2d • $131,622 - $150,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Master of Science or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or related.
• 12 months as Senior Engineer, Characterization, or Senior RF Antenna Engineer, or Senior RF Design Engineer, or related.
• Schematic capture, RF system integration and PCB design, RF switches, PAs, LNAs, Mixers, Phase Shifters, Step Attenuators;
• Matlab, Python;
• RF Combiners, Couplers, Isolators, Circulators, Filters;
• Gain, S-Parameters, P1dB, IP2/IP3, Phase Noise, Noise Figure, Switching Time;
• Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, RF Signal Generators, Oscilloscopes;
• Automating lab instruments, developing RF measurement systems and optimizing for speed and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Validate leading edge RFICs, developing measurement systems for mobile wireless and commercial applications.
• Work on test solutions for mobile RF Front End ICs such as RF switches, LNAs, and Power Amplifiers.
• Work on RF and analog measurements to ensure that pSemi’s projects are accurately characterized prior to release.
• Manage the project schedules, generate system specifications and create effective measurement solutions.
• Work with product designers to develop, evaluate and maintain optimum characterization plans for new product development.
• Develop, evaluate and maintain data analysis standards covering: statistical limit setting, yield prediction tools.
• Design and develop software and hardware for design validation, performance optimization, characterization and production test of RFICs.
• Analize and develop optimization techniques for rapid characterization and test.
• Develop characterization and test data analysis tools to streamline characterization and improve ATE capability understanding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior