Cadence Design Systems

Senior Principal RF Design Engineer

Cadence Design Systems$145K — $175K *
Cary, NC 27513In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in mmWave IC design with a focus on transceivers and components for 5G/6G communications.
  • M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Deep expertise in designing custom RF blocks like PAs, LNAs, and VCOs.
  • Hands-on experience with advanced nodes using RF SOI process and their trade-offs.
  • Extensive lab characterization experience with high-frequency testing equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the full product lifecycle for mmWave IC designs.
  • Tackle challenges related to parasitic extraction and thermal management.
  • Engage with customers to understand requirements and deliver state-of-the-art designs.
  • Design Tx and Rx signal chains focusing on performance metrics like dynamic range and power efficiency.
  • Perform architectural analysis of RF transceiver systems including noise figure and EVM evaluation.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in 5G/6G communications.
  • High level of customer engagement and collaboration with industry leaders.
  • Involvement in fast-paced projects with direct impact on product development.
  • Access to advanced testing and validation equipment for high-frequency designs.
  • Potential for professional growth in a leading-edge engineering environment.
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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