Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 7+ years

Education Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

As a Senior RFIC Design Engineer for Amazon Leo, you will design and optimize RFIC transmit and receive front-ends. You will work across communications systems and digital teams, and partner with internal hardware/EE/FW groups and suppliers to deliver robust, production-ready designs with strong power/area trade-offs.

Key Responsibilities

Architect, design, simulate, and layout RFIC transmit/receive front-ends
Lead power/area-efficient RFIC chip implementation with integrated PLLs
Build and verify RFIC designs using tools such as EMX and HFSS with extracted simulation (RLC extraction)
Collaborate with packaging/HW/EE/FW and digital design teams for seamless system integration
Specify bench and production test plans and present trade-offs

Technical Overview

Technical scope includes architectural definition, RFIC design, simulation, layout, and extracted simulation for transmit/receive front-ends, with strong focus on area/power-efficient chips and integrated PLLs. Work includes RF circuit architecture exploration (VCOs, mixers, phase shifters, LNAs, PAs, LO distribution, multipliers/dividers) and using EMX and HFSS with RLC extraction across corners, plus specifying bench and production test plans.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior RFIC design engineer with 7+ years of mm-Wave/RFIC design experience, ideally including advanced node work. They can independently deliver RFIC concepts through production by leading architectural definition, simulation, layout, extracted simulation, and test plan specification using tools like EMX and HFSS, while understanding RF standards such as 4G/5G NR, WiMAX, 802.11ad, and microwave backhaul.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field7+ years of experience in mm-Wave/RFIC designKnowledge of current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G NR)WiMAX802.11admicrowave backhaulor similar broadband wireless standards

Nice-to-Have Skills

advanced node experienceMaster's degree or Ph.D. degreeRF transceiver architecture / design for beamforming systems (including zero-IF transceiverslow-IF transceiverspolar transmittersand RF/LO/Ba

Tools & Platforms

EMXHFSS

Required Skills

RFIC designmm-Wave/RFIC designsimulationlayoutextracted simulationintegrated PLLstransceiver chainsLNAsPAsEMXHFSSRLC extractionbench test plansproduction test plansVCOsmixersphase shiftersLO distributionfrequency multipliersfrequency dividersenvelope/power detectorson-chip inductorsbalunspower combiners

Hard Skills

RFIC designmm-Wave/RFIC designarea/power-efficient RFIC chipstransceiver chainsintegrated PLLsarchitectural definitionsimulationlayoutextracted simulationtransmit and receive front-endsdata convertersLNAsPAscommunications systemsdigital designchip implementation teamstransceivers and RFIC front-end modelssystem integrationanalog/digital boundary requirementscircuit calibrationclock generationtimingmm-wave and RF circuit architecturesVCOsmixersphase shiftersLO distributionfrequency multipliers and dividersenvelope/power detectorson-chip inductorsbalunspower combinersEMXHFSScircuit layoutRLC extractionrun extracted simulation across various cornersrobust designsvolume production readinessbench test plansproduction test plansSpecify bench and production test plans

Soft Skills

collaborate with cross-disciplinary staffresponsive and flexibleopen collaborative peer environmentlead implementation from concept to productionmake detailed presentations on power/area/performance trade-offscross-functional collaborationwork closely with internal interdisciplinary team and third party suppliers

Industry & Role

Industry Aerospace

Job Function Design and optimize RFIC chips for Amazon Leo satellite communications.

Role Subtype Electrical Engineer

Tech Domains Networking / TCP-IP

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Export Control Requirement: must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, 7+ years of experience in mm-Wave/RFIC design, Must have knowledge of current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G NR), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, or similar broadband wireless standards

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