Senior MMIC Design Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop high-performance RF and millimeter-wave integrated circuits for advanced satellite communication systems.

• Take ownership of MMIC designs from the selection of architecture and technology through to tapeout, characterization, and product integration.

• Design and create power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, and RF switches utilizing GaAs and GaN technologies.

• Oversee schematic design, layout, electromagnetic simulation, tapeout, and silicon/MMIC characterization.

• Enhance circuits for output power, efficiency, linearity, noise figure, bandwidth, gain, and robustness.

• Conduct RF and electromagnetic simulations of passive structures, matching networks, interconnects, and package/interface effects.

• Formulate test plans and characterize MMICs using RF and millimeter-wave laboratory equipment.

• Relate measured performance to simulations and drive design enhancements.

• Collaborate with RF systems, antenna, packaging, and transceiver IC teams on interfaces and system-level integration.

• Contribute to technology assessment, architectural evaluations, design methodologies, and the development of MMIC capabilities from the ground up.

⛳️ Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.

• 5+ years of experience in designing RF/millimeter-wave MMICs using GaAs and/or GaN technologies.

• Proven design experience with PAs, LNAs, and/or RF switches, with significant expertise in at least one area.

• Strong grasp of RF fundamentals, including impedance matching, stability, noise, linearity, power handling, and nonlinear behavior.

• Proficiency with Cadence, Keysight ADS, EM simulation tools, or equivalent RF/MMIC design environments.

• Practical experience with RF/mmWave characterization equipment, such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and load-pull systems.

• Experience in guiding designs through tapeout and validating measured hardware.

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

• Preferred: experience with wideband RF/mmWave circuit design techniques.

• Preferred: PA design experience that encompasses high efficiency, high linearity, and broadband operation.

• Preferred: experience in designing circuits for the Ka-band and higher millimeter-wave frequency ranges.

• Preferred: familiarity with MMIC packaging, RF module integration, thermal considerations, and antenna/array interfaces.

• Preferred: experience in developing MMICs for phased arrays, satellite communications, aerospace, or other high-reliability applications.

• Preferred: experience in fast-paced environments and in building new RF/MMIC capabilities from the ground up.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in the company.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Paid time off.

• Medical coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Life insurance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Additional perks.

• Reasonable accommodations during employment applications or interviews.