Engineer, Characterization

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor's 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission-to enhance Murata's world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi's product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi's team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

Individual will be responsible for the characterization & product development of RF ICs in pSemi's UltraCMOS technology for mobile wireless and commercial/industrial applications. The engineer will be a part of the product development team, taking industry leading product designs and readying them for mass production. The job requires expertise in RF and analog measurements combined with disciplined project planning to ensure only the highest quality products are released. As part of a cross-functional product development team, the engineer will support other essential disciplines including marketing and applications, project management, design, production and test engineering.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Product Characterization: Support Design Engineering with product characterization plan definition; perform product characterization over a superset of conditions specified in the datasheet; drive the development of necessary benches to evaluate all relevant performance requirement
• Product Qualification: Analyze results from products being stress for lifetime reliability; support bench testing of qualification units when necessary
• Product Documentation: Document all relevant product information specific to the performance and limitations of the device as future reference for application and customer support; provide data sheet performance limits based on design verification and characterization data
• Production ATE Development: Support Test Engineering bench to ATE correlation efforts
• Product Evaluation: Support product design verification

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations
• Working with Ambiguity : Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information
• Displaying Technical Expertise : Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
• Driving for Results: Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will to put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal driven approach toward work
• Delivering High Quality Work: Critically reviews work processes to ensure quality; addresses problems that could impact quality; makes sure project deliverables and services meet all requirements and expectations; does not make the same mistakes twice

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• 2 years of experience in Product Engineering, Characterization or Design Engineering
  • emphasis on RF circuit and/or microwave theory
• Knowledge of Analog IC circuits - bandgap voltage references, low-drop out voltage regulators, operational amplifiers etc.
• Knowledge of IC fabrication and impact on circuit performance. Familiarity with bulk and/or SOI processes a plus
• Programming theory and/or knowledge of a programming language
• Computer Skills: Experience with several of the following software tools: MatLab, JMP, DataPower, Agilent ADS, National Instruments CVI, LabVIEW

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RFIC products - RF switches, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, PLLs, etc.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering; or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering without experience

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including "protected veterans" under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logoand UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP andDuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com