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MMIC Design Engineer – Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: Fully on-site — 5 days per week
Experience Required: 4+ years of relevant MMIC design experience
Minimum Education: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
Work Authorization: Must be a U.S. Person — U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident
The ideal candidate is an RF/microwave or semiconductor design engineer with advanced academic training and hands-on experience designing and validating millimeter-wave integrated circuits.
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: Fully on-site — 5 days per week
Experience Required: 4+ years of relevant MMIC design experience
Minimum Education: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
Work Authorization: Must be a U.S. Person — U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident
The ideal candidate is an RF/microwave or semiconductor design engineer with advanced academic training and hands-on experience designing and validating millimeter-wave integrated circuits.
The candidate must have completed a full MMIC development cycle, including circuit design, physical layout, DRC/LVS verification, and measurement validation. Experience with multiple circuit types operating above 30 GHz is essential.
Candidates with experience in advanced semiconductor processes, wafer-level measurements, electromagnetic simulation, device modeling, and high-power MMICs will be especially competitive.
Critical eligibility requirement: The candidate must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident and available to work on-site five days a week in Santa Rosa, California.
The MMIC Design Engineer will design, lay out, characterize, and validate high-performance millimeter-wave monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) used in next-generation electronic measurement instruments.
This role requires advanced knowledge of RF and microwave circuit design, semiconductor device behavior, transistor- and diode-level design, physical layout, design verification, and measurement validation.
The successful candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and internal customers to translate system-level requirements into circuit specifications, select appropriate semiconductor processes, and deliver high-performance integrated circuit designs.
The position offers opportunities to work on advanced millimeter-wave technologies, optimize circuit performance beyond conventional process limitations, and contribute to demanding product development programs.
Required Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
- Thesis work and/or relevant professional experience in millimeter-wave integrated circuit design.
- At least 4 years of relevant mm-wave IC design experience, including qualifying graduate research where applicable.
- Experience with advanced semiconductor technologies for high-frequency circuit design.
- Demonstrated experience completing at least one design cycle involving:
- Transistor- or diode-level circuit design.
- Physical IC layout.
- Design verification, including DRC and LVS.
- Measurement-based validation of fabricated designs.
- Transistor- or diode-level circuit design.
- Experience designing multiple types of millimeter-wave circuits, such as amplifiers, mixers, frequency multipliers, or filters operating above 30 GHz.
- Ability to analyze device parasitics and understand semiconductor process limitations.
- Strong technical documentation, presentation, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Strong problem-solving, time-management, and project execution abilities.
- Ability to work on-site in Santa Rosa, California, five days per week.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing high-power MMICs, particularly circuits delivering more than +30 dBm.
- Experience in system-level analysis and performance optimization.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device modeling.
- Experience with thermal design and IC package design.
- Experience with wafer probing, probe calibration, and high-frequency measurement techniques.
- Knowledge of thin-film technologies and printed circuit board (PCB) design.
- Experience with Keysight ADS, Momentum, EMPro, SystemVue, or equivalent tools.
- Familiarity with advanced semiconductor fabrication processes and high-frequency device characteristics.
- Experience collaborating with device modeling, process engineering, and package development teams.
Technical Skills
Core Technical Requirements
- Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) IC design above 30 GHz.
- RF and microwave circuit design.
- Transistor- and diode-level design.
- MMIC physical layout.
- DRC and LVS verification.
- High-frequency measurement and design validation.
- Advanced semiconductor technologies.
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