Freelance Opportunity: Senior RF IC Design Engineer (RX focus) - Immediate Start

We are seeking experienced and skilled Freelance RF IC Designers to contribute to the development of our next-generation NR+ microchip. Join our dynamic RF and analog/mixed-signal team to design and productize cutting-edge solutions using advanced FD-SOI process technology nodes. This role offers flexibility, as it can be performed partially or fully remotely. A very prompt start is essential.

• Understand system level requirements to create overall specifications.
• Create behavioral models to drive architectural decisions and derive block-level requirements for analog and digital blocks.
• Work closely with the layout design team to implement layout views of designs.
• Top-level simulations.
• Run pre-tapeout verification flows to confirm design meets performance, power, reliability and timing requirements.
• Define production/bench-level test plans for post-silicon characterization.
• Work with lab engineers in taking lab measurements to validate IP.
• Review ATE and lab test results to resolve yield issues and drive bug fixes.
• Work with system teams in system bringup and debug.
• Hold design reviews of blocks with peers/management to show design meets spec targets and requirements.

TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND REQUIREMENTS

• Completed studies in electrical engineering or a comparable qualification
• Experience in the area of RF/Analog IC design with advanced CMOS technology nodes. Experience in 22FDX is a plus
• Understanding of RFIC circuit design. Direct tape-out experience with one or more of the following blocks: RF front-end circuits, PA, LNA, mixer, oscillator, PLL, LO, VGA, filter, TIA, and/or other baseband analog blocks in deep sub-micron CMOS technology
• Knowledge of analog design concepts such as analysis of noise, linearity, mismatch, stability and other analog impairments
• Familiar with CMOS device physics, RF device modelling, device noise parameters, inductor modelling
• Insights into packaging effects, supply isolations, high frequency ESD structures, and circuit layout for optimum RF performance
• Familiarity with various RF transceiver architectures and their trade-offs, as well as calibration methods used for different RF transceiver architectures
• Familiarity with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF, EMX and similar tools
• Understanding of system specifications and ability to work with system architects to translate system requirement into circuit requirement at IC level
• Experience in Silicon characterization and debug

WE OFFER

This freelance position offers the opportunity to collaborate with a cutting-edge technology team and contribute to an innovative project. If you're ready to take on this challenge with an immediate start, we look forward to hearing from you.