Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an innovator of high-reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets. The company is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts and has approximately 3,300 employees in engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Leveraging core technologies, Skyworks offers diverse standard and custom linear products supporting automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy management, industrial, medical, military and mobile handset applications. The Company's portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, mixers/demodulators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.

Skyworks' work culture provides the business agility that breeds success. This culture is based on minimal layers of management, ease of collaboration, open communication and an entrepreneurial attitude of taking well-calculated risks. The result is fast decision-making and innovation. Working at Skyworks gives you a real opportunity to shape the company's future and the future of wireless technology. Skyworks offers all the advantages you would expect from an industry leader. To learn more about our great company and to view other career opportunities, visit our Website at skyworksinc.com. Skyworks is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.

Principal Engineer-Front End Module Design & Development Leader / FES2145

Position Description:

This engineering leader will direct and actively participate in the development of RF power amplifier and/or switches for Front End Module products.
The ideal candidate will have direct experience designing power amplifiers and/or RF switches (pHEMT, CMOS, SOI, etc.) and developing handset front end modules which use these switches. Background should include multi-chip module board design including filter and/or matching networks to support integration of RF switch and PA RFIC’s. Responsibilities include planning, design, simulation, and verification and production ramp support of highly integrated, high volume RF Power Amplifier and Front End Module products for the very fast paced and competitive wireless handset market. The candidate must be able to work well and lead a product development team comprised of other design engineers, technicians and layout designers. The candidate will face challenging tasks in order to meet critical performance parameters in the design of these PA and FEM products. Strong circuit simulation skills utilizing Agilent ADS and 2.5/3D EM tools such as Momentum, Sonnet or HFSS are necessary. This engineer will design using both internal and external foundry process design kits. Candidate will work closely with Front End Module design engineers, and will interface across functional and departmental boundaries to ensure that product development goals are successfully met.


Qualifications:

BS Degree and 8 years experience required. Should also have demonstrated experience in
Design simulation tool (ADS and 2.5D/3D EM - HFSS, Momentum, Sonnet preferred); Product Realization Process; Design Architecture; Test Parameters and Test Equipment; and Device or Product Characterization.
Must have solid background of leading product development teams and delivering positive results


Preferred Skills:
MSEE
• Must have a solid understanding of critical RF switch performance parameters such as linearity, harmonics, insertion loss, isolation, stability, leakage, and switching-speed.
• Hands-on experience integrating RF switches with power amplifiers and antenna switch modules is highly desired.
• Strong ADS simulation and RF design skills, preferably in PAMs/FEMs.
• Must be adept at performing non-linear RF simulations using tools such as ADS harmonic balance, or Cadence Spectre.
• Experience using Momentum, Sonnet, or HFSS is desirable.
• IC design experience is essential. Design experience within GaAs PHEMT and CMOS is highly desired.
• IC layout experience including LVS/DRC is desirable.
• Must understand switch control/biasing techniques, and associated performance tradeoffs.
• Knowledge of PHEMT fabrication and how this affects the device physics, device model and circuit performance.
• Candidate may perform verification testing of their designs. A hands-on perspective and understanding of RF test equipment is required.

Ref Code:2145

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Skyworks offers all the advantages you would expect from an industry leader.

Skyworks is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace.