Principal Designer Jobs in San Jose, CA

Experience Level: Professional

Job Type: Regular

Location:
Richardson, TX, US, 75080 Chelmsford, MA, US, 1824 San Jose, CA, US, 95134

Requisition ID: 10201

Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves multiple high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home/IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace/defense. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how our innovative team is helping connect, protect and power our planet.

About the Role

Seeking talented PhD researchers to drive cutting-edge MMIC innovation within Qorvo's Advanced Research Group. This role blends deep theoretical research with advanced fabrication access and high-impact applications in defense, satellite communications, and next-generation wireless systems. Perfect for ambitious early-to-mid career researchers who want to publish, present, and explore advanced designs in leading-edge RF/microwave technologies.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:
Technical lead role for RF/MMIC architecture and design research.

Serve as a technical lead for MMIC-based product development, creating innovative, high-performance GaN and GaAs (plus advanced silicon) circuits.

Design, simulate, layout, and characterize advanced MMICs including power amplifiers, LNAs, phase shifters, switches, attenuators, multifunction circuits, and integration with BAW and SAW filters.

Perform detailed nonlinear modeling, 2.5D/3D EM co-simulation, and circuit optimization using ADS, HFSS, Cadence, and similar tools.

Build and validate prototypes in state-of-the-art microwave labs, including S-parameter, noise, load-pull, and thermal measurements.

Execute data analysis and present results to the internal and/or external customer.

Contribute to technology road-mapping, novel circuit architectures, and heterogeneous integration concepts.

Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional R&D teams.

Publish novel design work internally or externally at conferences and workshops to promote Qorvo’s technology and design capabilities.

Submit invention disclosures for potential patents where applicable.

Required Technical Skills and Experience:
Recent and relevant experience designing III-V microwave/millimeter-wave RF/MMIC amplifiers, switches, phase shifters, attenuators, time-delay units (TDUs), hybrid multichip modules, or transmit/receive front-end modules (FEMs).

Experience in advanced III-V compound semiconductor technologies, especially GaN, GaAs, and RF Silicon processes.

Expert-level understanding of device transistor behavioral characteristics.

Expert-level user of either ADS or Microwave Office (MWO) nonlinear simulators; and one or more of the following 2.5D or 3D EM simulation tools: SONNET, Axiem, Momentum, or HFSS.

Strong understanding of microwave measurements and calibration methods: S-parameters, power, efficiency, source/load pull, noise figure, linearity, and intermodulation distortion.

Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to concisely summarize highly technical concepts.

Desired Experiences:
Design of high-performance millimeter wave GaAs or GaN MMIC power amplifiers with simultaneous power, bandwidth, efficiency, and linearity requirements.

SiGe and/or CMOS-based RFIC/MMIC, analog, and mixed signal design experience is a plus.

Published author in technical journals and/or magazines.

Strong ability to meet customer technical needs and schedules.

Required Education & Experience:
BS Electrical Engineering with 12 or more years of experience

MS Electrical Engineering with 9 or more years of experience

PhD Electrical Engineering (with RF/Microwave focus) with 7 or more years of experience

Work Location: Dallas, TX (preferred), alternatives locations: San Jose, CA, Boston, MA

Relocation Eligible: Yes

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $148,100 - $192,500 (subject to change dependent on physical location)

Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Qorvo reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as external competitiveness and internal comparability.

Base compensation is one element of Total Rewards offered at Qorvo. More information on the Total Rewards package can be shared upon request.

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We are Qorvo. We do more than create innovative RF and Power solutions for the mobile, defense and infrastructure markets – we are a place to innovate and shape the future of wireless communications. It starts with our employees. As a unified global team, we bring a commitment to excellence, growth and a passion for creating what's next. Explore the possibilities with us.

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