Summary

This position is for a Staff Design Engineer of RF acoustic wave filters in Skyworks' Irvine Design Center.You'll be working as part of an elite team of RF professionals creating the technology for next-generation cellular handsets and other wireless communication devices and applications. Your job function will focus primarily on the design of acoustic filters, including SAW and BAW technology, for RF front-end modules.Working and living in Irvine provides a wonderful lifestyle in a vibrant coastal city consistently ranked as one of the country's safest cities!

Key Responsibilities:

- Design acoustic wave filters for integration into RF modules, while meeting demanding schedules, best in class performance, and critical size and cost requirements
- Follow Skyworks best engineering practices to ensure reliability, sustainability, and delivery of a high production yield
- Drive new architectures and ideas to continuously improve filter and module performance to maintain a competitive edge for Skyworks products
- Conduct design reviews and present quantitative data to demonstrate compliance to internal or customer specifications based on simulation and measured results
- Work closely with module and systems teams to set appropriate goals for filter performance criteria
- Interact with technology and fabrication teams to ensure continuous performance improvements and to steer BU roadmaps
- Drive design methodologies to improve accuracy, efficiency, and first-pass success
Required Qualifications:

- PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with at least 3 years of job experience; or MS with 6 years of experience; or BS with 8 years of experience
- Experience with acoustic filter and multiplexer designs
- Deep understanding of RF fundamentals such as impedance matching, distributed systems, passive RLC and resonant circuits, noise, linearity, bandwidth and stability
- Expertise in PA/LNA filter co-design and RF integration
- Strong circuit simulation skills utilizing Agilent ADS/Cadence and 2.5/3D EM tools such as Momentum or HFSS
- Prior experience in EM simulation of filters or multi-chip modules (MCM)
- In-depth, practical, hands-on experience on problem solving and lab debugging skills from prototype to mass production
Preferred Qualifications:

- Strong track-record of prior RF filter/multiplexer developments for cellular applications
- Understanding of cellular RF systems