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Principal MMIC Design Engineer

MACOM
Lowell, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/11/2026
Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Principal MMIC Design Engineer

Job Description:

  • Design RF SOI MMICs that comply with initial specifications, thorough simulations, managing the project to validation, supporting the manufacturing release and qualification.
  • Work with customers, product management, product engineers, test engineers and applications engineering

Qualifications:

  • Deep knowledge of CMOS analog and RF SOI design techniques.
  • Demonstrated design successes in high power SOI switch designs.
  • Competent to design the following circuit blocks in Cadence: bandgap reference, LDO, charge pumps, level shifters and I/O buffers.
  • Familiarity with CMOS, RF SOI, and/or SiGe processes.
  • Expert knowledge of FEM simulations using HFSS or ADS.
  • M.S. plus 10 years of design experience
  • Ph.D. plus 5 years of design experience

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.

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