Senior RFIC Design Engineer

ADI - Analog Devices

Limerick or Cork, Ireland

Position Overview

Analog Devices is looking for an intelligent and versatile Senior RFIC Design Engineer to work with our RF Semiconductors team, based in Limerick, Ireland, who will be responsible for RFIC product developments for various markets.

Context on the role

As a Senior RFIC Design Engineer, you are an experienced and fully competent engineer in your area. You’ll complete your role independently or with minimal supervision, working under limited direction. You’ll resolve problems of diverse scope using analysis and judgment within defined policies and practices, and you’ll communicate your work in a way that’s reflected in others’ work. You may also mentor and professionally influence the growth of more junior engineers.

Job Duties

Integrated circuit design at transistor level for RF blocks
Design evaluation, including first-silicon characterization and detailed analysis
Design and development for RF products with various process and packaging technologies
Problem resolution for issues requiring analysis of identifiable factors, developing approaches and recommendations within defined practices
Project contributions and leadership, representing the organization on projects and, as needed, taking on a project leadership role
Cross-functional communication, including effective group communication and frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts where required
Documentation, preparing required documentation and reports for product development
Mentorship (as applicable), supporting the career growth and technical development of lower-level employees

Requirements

Degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering (M.S. preferred; PhD a plus)
Typically requires 4+ years relevant experience
Solid understanding of S-parameters, transmission line theory, and RF networks
Skills necessary to innovate, design, simulate, and verify circuit performance at the transistor level and behavioral/architectural level, with strong RF fundamentals
Experience in circuit design environments such as Cadence and ADS
Skills in electromagnetic simulators such as EMPro and/or HFSS (plus)
Experience in test equipment and RF characterization (plus)
Motivated, results-oriented, and organized engineer with good writing, presentation, and overall communication skills
Willingness and ability to learn something new quickly
Comfortable taking calculated risks
Bias for action and collaboration to deliver results
High tolerance for ambiguity