Job Description:

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

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

- Product Evaluation: Perform lab measurements on various RF/mixed signal front end IC's (LNA, SW, PA, PAC's, Couplers, Digital tunable capacitors and IC filters) and create design validation report with comparisons vs design expectations.

- Product Characterization: Perform product characterization over a superset of conditions specified in the datasheet. Drive the development of necessary benches to evaluate all relevant performance requirements.

- Product Qualification: Analyze results from products being stressed 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: Work with Test Engineers to create a correlation between bench measurements ATE solution.

- Analysis Tool Development: Develop characterization and test data analysis tools to stream line characterization (CPK analysis) and improve ATE capability understanding (GR&R).

- Characterization Infrastructure: Design and development of software and hardware for design validation, performance optimization, characterization and production test of RFICs. Analysis and development of optimization techniques for rapid characterization and test.

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)

- Strong understanding of RF measurement fundamentals - NF, IP3, IP2/3, IMD, EVM, S-parameters, matching using smith charts, de-embedding, calibration, time domain measurements etc.

- Basic understanding of statistical techniques (Gauge R&R, CPK, ANOVA).

- Proven strength in documentation clarity and completeness.

- Team player with a strong sense of urgency to plan activities and meet NPI requirements on schedule.

- Hands-on use of lab equipment to validate performance such as Spectrum Analyzers, Vector Network analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, DMM, SMU etc.

- Experience with at least one of the following software tools: MatLab, JMP, Python, DataPower, Agilent ADS, National Instruments CVI, LabVIEW.

Preferred Qualifications

- RF/analog IC product characterization and RF measurement techniques with strong technical skills.

- Familiarity with RFFE MIPI, I2C and SPI digital interfaces.

- Experience with automating lab instruments and optimizing measurements for speed.

- Experience with RFIC products - RF switches, amplifiers, mixers, PLLs, etc.

- Understanding of radio specifications, especially for modern mobile/cellular (LTE, 5G, WiFi, MIMO, CA) systems and radio architectures.

- Proficient in schematic capture, RF system integration and PCB design experience.

- Experience with analysis and troubleshooting and investigating RF related issues on systems and PCB assemblies

- Ability to multi-task and work competently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Minimum Education Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent (minimum) + 5 years of relevant experience.

- Or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering + 3 years of relevant experience.

Travel

- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally (less than 10% of the time).

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:

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