Qualcomm

EM Design Engineer

Qualcomm$139K — $209K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering; PhD preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience designing RF/Analog circuits or 2+ years of ASIC design experience.
  • Familiarity with CADENCE, Virtuoso, ADS software tools for circuit design.
  • Hands-on experience in simulating RF passive components like inductors and transformers.
  • Strong background in EM simulation techniques using tools like HFSS or EMX.

Responsibilities

  • Design RF passive components for advanced RF integrated circuits.
  • Collaborate with circuit designers to optimize RF components for performance.
  • Produce compact models and clean physical designs for components.
  • Conduct isolation analysis to minimize chip-to-package interference.
  • Optimize multichip carriers focusing on loss and isolation.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
  • Comprehensive benefits package to support work-life balance.
  • Access to professional development resources and career growth opportunities.
Full Job Description
Company:
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > RFIC Design

Responsibilities:
- Design and develop RF passive components for use in the next generation of highly integrated RF integrated circuits in deep sub-micron 6nm and 14ff CMOS and SOI technologies.
- Work with the circuit design team to optimize component sizes and performance for use in RF circuit blocks.
- Deliver components that include compact models, and DRC clean physical designs.
- Execute isolation analysis and optimization to reduce on-chip and chip to package coupling.
- Optimization of multichip carriers for RF systems, focusing on loss and isolation.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the design and simulation of RF passive components such as inductors, transformers, MOM capacitors and passive filters.
- Demonstrated abilities with EM simulation techniques and tool including MoM EM solvers, HFSS, and EMX.
- Experience with circuit design and layout using Cadence tools and Agilent ADS.
- Compact RLCK Model extraction of multiport passive components.
- Ability to use EM tools to predict circuit level electric and magnetic coupling.
- Passionate self-starter and team player with experience in project leadership and multi-tasking.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience with designing RF/Analog circuits for wireless products (e.g., LNA's, PLL's) and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of academic or professional experience using two or more of the following software: CADENCE, Virtuoso, ADS.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$139,400.00 - $209,200.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

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