Company:Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Job Overview - Dept Description and Job Duties:

A Senior Staff Engineer in the RFA Design team based in Cambridge.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the definition, modelling and verification of the radio system, sub-system & cell-level specifications for radio transceivers and for providing the necessary documentation to support the above. 

Job Duties

Responsible for architecture development and specifications for the radio, sub-systems and cell level designs. Responsible for maintaining specifications and Matlab models as designs progress. This involves working closely with the analogue circuit designers through the complete design flow and verification to ensure system level specifications are met.Focused on initial bring-up and debugging of radio macros for transmit, receive and frequency generation (LO).Developing and testing radio calibration, control and BIST algorithms. Interfacing to the Firmware/Software teams on radio control and calibration issues. Longer term duties include: Advancing radio architecture designs to meet future business defined requirements. This is with particular emphasis on maximizing radio performance while retaining low power dissipation to conserve battery life in mobile platforms.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Minimum Experience:

5yrs + Industrial experience in radio transceiver system design for single chip integrated solutions. Must have good understanding of radio transceiver architectures, key performance requirements, RF interfaces to antennas and external RF components, impedance matching, S-parameters and the use of Smith charts.   Must have experience in Matlab model development and simulation. Experience with using Simulink to model and simulate systems and sub-systems is also required.   

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Python and embedded C scripting & System Verilog coding is preferred. Lab based measurement and silicon validation backgroundExperience using SVAMS Models is also advantageousA reasonable understanding of digital architectures, implementation and RTL language code is beneficial but not essential. 

Keywords:

Radio systems, radio frequency, matching networks, smith charts, Matlab, Simulink

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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