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Cadence Design Systems

Senior Principal AE-RF Design Engineer

burlington, NC

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Cadence Design Systems lists this Senior Principal AE-RF Design Engineer opportunity in burlington, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

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## Senior Principal RF Design EngineerApplylocations: AUSTIN: Burlington, MA: CARYtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R55248## **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.**Experienced Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) IC designer specialize in engineering high-frequency (30 GHz+) transceivers and components for 5G/6G communications, aerospace radar, and automotive sensors. Will drive the full product lifecycle, tackling challenges like parasitic extraction, thermal management, and high-frequency electromagnetic modeling. High level of customer engagement at a fast pace on state of the art design. Requires a deep, specialized skill set:* **Building Blocks:** Deep expertise in designing custom blocks such as Power Amplifiers (PAs), Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), mixers, and Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCOs).* **RF Subsystem:** Deep expertise in designing Tx and Rx signal chains for noise, figure, linearity dynamic range and power efficiency. Deep experience in RF PLL design including Sigma delta, FRAC-N PLL. Phase noise and spurius signal, settling time. Experience with PLL buildng blocks such as PFD, charge pumps, dividers, multipliers.* **Architecture:** Proficiency in RF transceiver architectures, direct-conversion topologies, and phased-array systems. Signal chain analysis and system figures of merit such as ACPR, EVM and BER.* **Process Technologies:** Hands-on experience on advanced nodes using RF SOI process and deep knowledge of the required trade offs.* **Software Tools:** Mastery of standard EDA software environments, including: + **System Simulation:** VSS - + **Schematic & Simulation:** Cadence Virtuoso and VRF flows + **Electromagnetic (EM) Simulation:** EMX, and Clarity + **Layout & Verification:** Layout MXL, QRC and Pegasus - **Education:** Usually an M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (or a closely related discipline). - **Experience:** 10+ years of industrial experience taking designs from conception through tape-out to final lab validation. - **Validation:** Extensive **lab characterization experience** utilizing high-frequency equipment like spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and probe stations.

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