
Senior Principal mmWave/RFIC Design Engineer
BLUE ORIGIN
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Diego • California • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $264,103 - $369,743 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead the design and development of state-of-the-art RF/mmWave front-end chipsets
- Partner with RF system engineers to run feasibility studies and architect RF/mmWave transmitter and receiver front-ends
- Oversee the design and simulation of on-chip electromagnetic (EM) structures
- Collaborate with the package engineering team on co-optimization of IC/package interfaces
- Supervise chip-level front-end integration and optimization throughout the development lifecycle
- Ensure successful production and oversee design progress with third-party design partners
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in millimeter-wave/RFIC design using SiGe, CMOS, and SOI technologies
- Strong experience with various circuit topologies for amplifiers, mixers, switches, and synthesizers
- Strong expertise in the analysis and optimization of transmitter and receiver front-ends for complex modulated waveforms
- Experience with analog building blocks such as operational amplifiers, bias generators, temperature sensors, LDOs, and ADC/DAC implementations
- Proficiency in EM simulations for both on-chip and package components
- Prior experience with top-level integration including ESD, mixed-signal/mixed-mode verification, and DFM concepts
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Up to four (4) weeks paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
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Hard Skills & Tools
RF/mmWave designRFIC designSiGe technologyCMOS technologySOI technologycircuit topologiestransmitter front-end analysisreceiver front-end analysisEM simulationsanalog building blocks
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationsupervisionproject management