Senior Principal RF Design Engineer

Cadence Systems • Austin, MA

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About The Position

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Experienced Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) IC designer specialize in engineering high-frequency (30 GHz+) transceivers and components for 5G/6G communications, aerospace radar, and automotive sensors. Will drive the full product lifecycle, tackling challenges like parasitic extraction, thermal management, and high-frequency electromagnetic modeling. High level of customer engagement at a fast pace on state of the art design.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in designing custom blocks such as Power Amplifiers (PAs), Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), mixers, and Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCOs).
• Deep expertise in designing Tx and Rx signal chains for noise, linearity dynamic range and power efficiency.
• Deep experience in RF PLL design including Sigma delta, FRAC-N PLL. Phase noise and spurious signal, settling time.
• Experience with PLL building blocks such as PFD, charge pumps, dividers, multipliers.
• Proficiency in RF transceiver architectures, direct-conversion topologies, and phased-array systems.
• Signal chain analysis and system figures of merit such as ACPR, EVM and BER.
• Hands-on experience on advanced nodes using RF SOI process and deep knowledge of the required trade offs.
• Mastery of standard EDA software environments, including: System Simulation: VSS - Schematic & Simulation: Cadence Virtuoso and VRF flows Electromagnetic (EM) Simulation: EMX, and Clarity Layout & Verification: Layout MXL, QRC and Pegasus.
• 10+ years of industrial experience taking designs from conception through tape-out to final lab validation.
• Extensive lab characterization experience utilizing high-frequency equipment like spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and probe stations.

Responsibilities

• Drive the full product lifecycle, tackling challenges like parasitic extraction, thermal management, and high-frequency electromagnetic modeling.
• High level of customer engagement at a fast pace on state of the art design.

What This Job Offers

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