Technologist, RFIC Design Engineer

Western Digital•San Jose, CA

About The Position

At WD, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible. At our core, WD is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, and WD_BLACK™. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, WD is fueling a brighter, smarter future. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Requirements

Hands-on design and development experience in RF and analog integrated circuit.
Experience in at least one preferably multiple area of full CMOS circuit design and development in: Baseband amplifiers, low noise RF amplifiers, wide bandwidth amplifiers, Mixers, up-converters, down-converters, High speed drivers and receivers, CDR circuits, equalizers, Power amplifiers.
Experience in 40nm and below CMOS technology.
Demonstrable track record of successful design releases and mass production.
Thorough knowledge of industry standard EDA tools (Cadence, Mentor, Siemens, Ansys etc.).
Experience with RF and high performance analog block layout such as LNA, mixer, analog to digital converters, references, digital to analog converters etc.
Experience with floor planning, block level routing and top level chip routing.
Knowledge of high performance analog layout considerations such as matching, EM-IR and SOA and mitigation techniques.
BS, MS or PhD with relevant experience.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with distributed design teams a plus.

Responsibilities

Design of high performance RF and analog circuit blocks.
Transistor level, block level and module level circuit architecture, design, simulation, optimization, layout supervision, layout verification, preparation of test plan for the testing team, reliability and yield assessment and modeling, simulation to bench and bench to test correlation, bench evaluation both at silicon level and at applications level, and documentation.
Communicate at all levels and with cross functional groups.
Demonstrated track record of circuit innovation.
Be a team player, be adaptable, and accept constructive feedback.

Benefits

Paid vacation time
Paid sick leave
Medical/dental/vision insurance
Life, accident and disability insurance
Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
Employee assistance program
Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
Tuition reimbursement
Transit
The Applause Program
Employee stock purchase plan
WD Savings 401(k) Plan
Eligibility for bonuses under WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”)
Eligibility to participate in annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents
RSU awards available to eligible new hires