Architect RF IC Design Engineer

at ASIC North, Inc. in Williston, Vermont, United States

Job Description

Are you looking for your next career opportunity to be with an innovative team that values your contributions? ASIC North offers this and works with leading high-tech companies across many industries to create next generation products. ASIC North has received a Best Places to Work award every year we have participated, and in 2021 we received first place. ASIC North prides itself in providing employees with competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package.

We are presently seeking an experienced Full-Time Architect RF IC Design Engineer to help accelerate the pace of innovation with our customers. Can you see yourself collaborating with a dynamic team in a highly valued work environment where your skills directly contribute to the success of the company? Explore what ASIC North has to offer you!

Location

Remote

Position Type

Full-Time

Expected Base Pay Scale (USD)

$160,000 - $192,400 annual base salary. The successful candidate’s base pay depends on job-related skills, qualifications, experience, geographic location, and market conditions. The expected base pay scale may be adjusted based on market conditions.

Responsibilities

As an Architect RF IC Design Engineer, your responsibilities will include designing high performance RF and analog circuits per specified requirements and direct layout technicians to implement circuits using industry standard Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.

Minimum Qualifications

Requirements of an Architect RF IC Design Engineer include a BS or MS (preferred) in Electrical Engineering and 20+ years of industry experience in the following areas:

• Strong RF system architecting skills
• Exceptional RF Analog circuit design skills
• Experience above 15 GHz preferred
• Ability to provide oversight to an RF design team
• Extensive experience with Cadence EDA (Composer/Virtuoso) tools
• Extensive experience with SpectreRF, Spectre, HSPICE
• Experience with field solver software such as EMX, ANSYS, Keysight ADS, Helic, etc.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be comfortable working across geographies
• This job position will or is likely to involve compliance with ITAR Regulations so all employees working in this capacity must be eligible under ITAR citizenship requirements, and accordingly applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in creating and maintaining RF system link budgets
• Experience in creating top level architecture specifications and sub-block specifications
• Experience with designing custom RF front-end blocks such as: Wide-band LNA’s, isolation switches, match networks programmable attenuators, AGC, active/passive baluns, active/passive mixers, signal injection using custom couplers/transformers, active/passive mixers, power detectors, synthesizers, LO distribution, external LO interfaces, PTAT current references, baseband analog circuits
• Experience in Bipolar, BiCMOS and CMOS technologies
• Experience with handling high IC input power up to +17dBm
• Full channel parasitic extraction and EM simulation experience
• Experience with mitigation of temperature sensitivity
• Knowledge on how to perform full channel simulation analysis for S/(N+D)
• Experience with package to die EM co-simulation
• Process corner model generation based on Monte Carlo analysis of PDK device models
• Experience with hardware debugging

Advantages of joining the ASIC North team

When you join the ASIC North team, you receive a flexible benefits package to enhance your wellbeing. Our benefits package includes the following for eligible employees:

• Immediate vesting in your 401(k) plan with an employer contribution of 10%
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Two medical insurance plan options: our employer sponsored plan also includes an employer contribution to a Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Two dental insurance plan options, with 100% paid premium coverage under the basic plan and free vision coverage
• Basic life insurance fully paid by ASIC North, and the option to purchase voluntary life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability fully paid by ASIC North

In addition to these benefits, we also offer a range of perks, like flexible work arrangements, tuition and IEEE reimbursement, an employee wellness program and internet/coffee/snack stipends. Our employees are important to us, and that’s what has earned us numerous awards such as a Best Places to Work in Vermont for many years.

To learn more, please visit https://www.asicnorth.com/careers/benefits/.

Application Deadline

ASIC North, Inc. will be accepting applications until 2/5/2026.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

For consideration, please apply to a current opening within the UKG My Career page with the necessary information and resume. 

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