Staff RF Module Engineer

Job Description

Located in sunny, family-friendly Newbury Park, our Southern California Design Center has become a magnet for top talent eager to join Skyworks’ elite team. Here, you’ll not only gain hands-on experience and develop advanced technical skills, but also benefit from a wide range of career development opportunities tailored to your personal growth goals.

In this role, you’ll contribute to the design and development of cutting-edge RF front-end modules, collaborating with expert teams across Skyworks’ U.S. and Japan design centers. Over time, this position offers the potential to evolve from an individual contributor into a key leadership role, with ownership of critical aspects of product development.

This is an exciting opportunity for ambitious professionals looking to grow their careers and make a meaningful impact within a leading technology company. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, a strong team player, and possesses a solid understanding of electromagnetics and RF circuit design, as outlined below.

Job Responsibilities

• Adapting best MCM design and full module Co-simulation practices
• Designing semi-lumped RF matching networks in a compact environment
• Designing Integrated Passive Devices
• Designing high-isolation laminate layouts to meet high density component module and able to meet stringent requirements such as de-sense and harmonics
• Participating and conducting design review meeting
• Performing lab testing and tuning and using various RF test equipment

The circuit blocks involved in a typical product development may include:

• Power Amplifiers
• Integrated Passive Devices
• SAW/BAW Duplexers & High-Q RF Filters
• Switches
• Low Noise Amplifiers
• Matching circuits
• High-directivity couplers

Desired Experience and Skills

Hardware Tools Used are:

• Network Analyzers
• Spectrum Analyzers
• Signal Generators
• Digital Receivers
• Load-Pull/Tuners
• RF Probe Stations

Required Experience and Skills:

• BSEE and 5 years' work experience or MS and 3 years' experience or PhD
• Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook
• Experiences of EM tools such as HFSS, or Momentum
• Lab experiences of network analyzer, signal generator, spectrum analyzer and probe station
• Knowledge of HBT, FET, CMOS devices
• Knowledge of RF switch design, or power amplifier design, or PA classes, PAE, PA performance
• Knowledge of communication standards, such as LTE-A, WiFi, and the associated standards requirements on such as sensitivity, intermodulation, de-sense, ACLR, EVM

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience in ADS, Virtuoso, and Allegro Preferred Skills