Senior Staff Engineer (RF Systems) - Cambridge, UK

Job Overview

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 and cell level specifications for radio transceivers and for providing the necessary documentation to support the above.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for architecture development and specifications for the radio, sub systems and cell level designs; maintaining specifications and Matlab models as designs progress.
• Collaborating closely with 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 with the firmware/software teams on radio control and calibration issues.
• Advancing radio architecture designs to meet future business defined requirements, emphasizing performance while retaining low power dissipation to conserve battery life in mobile platforms.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Experience

• 8+ years industrial experience in radio transceiver system design for single chip integrated solutions.
• 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.
• Experience in Matlab model development and simulation; also required to use Simulink to model and simulate systems and subsystems.
• Ability to prepare, present and document work undertaken in a clear and concise manner.
• Experience with Python, embedded C scripting and System Verilog coding (preferred).
• Lab based RF measurement and silicon validation background.
• Experience using SVAMS models is also advantageous.
• Reasonable understanding of digital architectures, implementation and RTL language code is beneficial but not essential.

Benefits

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus.
• Employee stock purchase scheme.
• Pension scheme.
• Life, medical, income and travel insurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Menopause support.
• Education assistance.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Voluntary health checks.
• Global wellbeing days.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• Bicycle purchase scheme.
• Employee run clubs (running, football, chess, badminton and many more).

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. On request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able to participate in the hiring process.