RFIC/MMIC GaAs/GaN Power Amplifier Designer

Falcomm was founded with a mission to bring semiconductor innovation to the real world. Today, Falcomm is actively developing new semiconductor technologies for customer to provide the most energy efficient power amplifier products in the world. Falcomm is seeking a highly motivated RF/mm-Wave power amplifier designer using GaAs and GaN on industry standard EDA tools. An ideal candidate is able to learn quickly, is highly detail-oriented, takes pride in the quality of their work, and wants to make a real impact in in ultra energy efficient power amplifier technologies for the wireless communication market.

Responsibilities

• Must have proven power amplifier IC design experience
• Must be an efficient user of Cadence (Virtuoso)/Agilent ADS / Mentor tools / HFSS
• Good knowledge of IC design, simulation, layout, and system level design

• Simulate and model RFIC systems at high level and work with system architects
• Derive specifications for the RFIC subsystems and circuits
• Develop RF/microwave circuits in state-of-the-art GaAs, and GaN processes
• Perform IC floor planning and layout
• Model package and external parasitic components
• Evaluate and characterize prototypes of the design
• Characterize and analyze full radio performance
• Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements
• Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the RFIC components and systems

Requirements

• PhD/Master degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• Passionate about RF/microwave integrated circuits
• Excited about innovation
• Clear communication and good people skills
• Strong organization and ability to manage parallel projects
• Desire to learn

Preferred

• PhD/Master/bachelor's in electrical engineering with an emphasis in RF/microwave integrated circuits design
• Experience using simulation tools such as Keysight PathWave Designs Suite (ADS, SystemVue, GoldenGate, Momentum), Spectre, HFSS
• Strong circuit design skills, and experience performing analysis and simulation of both linear and non-linear circuits for power amplifiers and other related RF circuit blocks
• Knowledge of digital communication systems, spread spectrum, single and multi-carrier techniques and modulation types such as QPSK, APSK and QAM
• Knowledge of RF transceiver architectures
• RF/microwave design in the GSM band, Ku-band, K-band and Ka-band frequency range
• Familiarity with radio related test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generator, network analyzers
• Experience characterizing radio performance in microwave frequencies

Benefits

• Stock option plan
• Paid time off
• Family leave

Qualification

Master's Degree