Principal RFIC Engineer

2 days ago

Redmond, Washington, United States SpaceX Full time
Job Title: Principal RFIC Engineer

At SpaceX, we are seeking a highly skilled Principal RFIC Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our RFIC design team, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-performance RFIC systems for our spacecraft and satellite applications.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop RFIC systems, including circuit design, simulation, and analysis.
  • Collaborate with system architects, modem/DSP and BB ASIC engineers to partition functions between HW and SW domains.
  • Derive specifications for RFIC subsystems and circuits.
  • Develop RF/Microwave circuits in state-of-the-art SiGe or CMOS processes.
  • Perform IC floor planning and layout.
  • Model package and external parasitic components.
  • Evaluate and characterize prototypes of the design.
  • Characterize and analyze full radio performance.
  • Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements.
  • Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the RFIC components and systems.
Requirements:
  • Masters of Science degree in electrical engineering.
  • 10+ years of work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in simulation tools such as ADS, Spectre, HFSS or Momentum.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
  • PhD in electrical engineering with emphasis in RF/Microwave integrated circuits design or analog IC design.
  • Strong circuit design skills, and experience performing analysis and simulation of both linear and non-linear circuits such as phase-locked loops, vector modulators/demodulators, oscillators, mixers, filters, low noise and power amplifiers.
  • Knowledge of digital communication systems, spread spectrum, single and multi-carrier techniques and modulation types such as QPSK, APSK and QAM.
  • Knowledge of RF transceiver architectures.
  • RF/Microwave design in the Ku-band, K-band and Ka-band frequency range.
  • Familiarity with radio related test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generator, network analyzers.
  • Experience characterizing radio performance in microwave frequencies.
Additional Requirements:
  • Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
ITAR Requirements:
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Equal Opportunity Employer:

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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