Principal Analog/Mixed Signal/RF IC Design Engineer

Job Description Responsibilities Join MaxLinear and you will work closely with a world-class team of IC designers to design high-performance ICs with RF, analog, mixed-signal and digital systems integrated on a single chip. In this role, you will focus on: - Define architectures based on high-level specifications - Lead design, implementation, and verification of RF and mixed-signal circuits on an SOC - Collaborate with system and product design teams to optimize circuits and system specification trade-offs - Characterize and debug relevant blocks and systems - Analyze the effects of non-idealities on circuit performance - Report the results of IC design, analysis and evaluation Qualifications - Strong knowledge of Analog/RF/Mixed-signal circuits, with ability to drive architecture and topology choices - In-depth understanding of Mixed-signal circuit blocks such as ADCs, DACs, TDCs, Anti-alias filters - Ability to drive chip level specifications for matching, signal path, spurious analysis, frequency planning - Strong knowledge of circuit blocks such as base-band amplifiers, VGAs, op-amp based filters, regulators, LNAs, Mixers and VCOs - Strong knowledge of high frequency serdes transmit and receive paths - Strong understanding of various equalization techniques for high speed Serdes systems and CDR subsystems - You must have familiarity with wireless or wireline communication specifications and derivation of block-level requirements from these high-level specifications - Solid understanding of CMOS process and device physics - Working understanding of FinFET layouts - Understanding of semiconductor packaging and production testing - Hands-on experience testing your own designs in the lab and define production test requirements - Strong written and verbal communication skills - BE/PhD/ME/MS in Electrical Engineering with at least 12 years of experience in RF/Analog/Mixed-signal design Company Overview MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world's communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications. We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world's most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner. MaxLinear began by developing the world's first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn't achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we've developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we've expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers needs. Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore. We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.