Cadence Design Systems

Senior Principal RF Design Engineer

Cadence Design Systems$150K — $180K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 10+ years of industrial experience in IC design from conception to validation.
  • Deep expertise in custom block designs, particularly RF components (PAs, LNAs, mixers, VCOs).
  • Proficient in RF transceiver architectures and signal chain metrics.
  • Hands-on experience with RF SOI process technologies and their trade-offs.
  • Mastery of EDA tools for system simulation and electromagnetic analysis.
  • Extensive lab characterization experience using high-frequency equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive full product lifecycle for mmWave IC designs.
  • Engage with customers to understand and address their needs.
  • Tackle challenges in thermal management and parasitic extraction.
  • Design Tx and Rx signal chains ensuring noise figure and power efficiency.
  • Evaluate RF PLL designs focusing on phase noise and settling times.
  • Conduct signal chain analysis and optimize system figures of merit.
  • Utilize advanced EDA software tools throughout the design process.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for innovation in cutting-edge communications technology.
  • Working in a fast-paced environment with high customer engagement.
  • Collaboration with a team of specialized engineers and experts.
  • Access to advanced lab facilities for design validation.
  • Professional development through exposure to 5G/6G communications and other technologies.
Full Job Description
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. Requires a deep, specialized skill set: • Building Blocks: Deep expertise in designing custom blocks such as Power Amplifiers (PAs), Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), mixers, and Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCOs). • RF Subsystem: Deep expertise in designing Tx and Rx signal chains for noise, figure, linearity dynamic range and power efficiency. Deep experience in RF PLL design including Sigma delta, FRAC-N PLL. Phase noise and spurius signal, settling time. Experience with PLL buildng blocks such as PFD, charge pumps, dividers, multipliers. • Architecture: 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. • Process Technologies: Hands-on experience on advanced nodes using RF SOI process and deep knowledge of the required trade offs. • Software Tools: 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 • Education: Usually an M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (or a closely related discipline). • Experience: 10+ years of industrial experience taking designs from conception through tape-out to final lab validation. • Validation: Extensive lab characterization experience utilizing high-frequency equipment like spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and probe stations.

About Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an American multinational electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc. The company produces software, hardware and silicon structures for designing integrated circuits, systems on chips (SoCs) and printed circuit boards.
Learn more about Cadence Design Systems
Size
9,300 employees
Market Cap
$43.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$590.6 million
Founded
2018
5 Year Trend
+10.5%
Revenue
$2.6 billion
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