Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.

As part of a fast-moving team, the principal design engineer will develop millimeter wave circuits for coherent applications. The candidate must be able to architect, design, layout, measure and productize SiGe and silicon-based ICs and be comfortable with frequencies above 30GHz.

Responsibilities:

• Take an IC from concept through to productization

• Architect, schematic design, layout, hands-on laboratory characterization of high frequency ICs

• Manage project, support customers, work with test and application engineers

Job Qualifications

• Design experience with 30+ Gbps transimpedance amplifiers, AGC and linear modulator drivers
• Deep understanding of RF CMOS or SiGe IC design as well as analog design fundamentals
• Team leadership experience is an advantage
• Proven track record of mmWave, RF, and analog integrated circuit design
• Expert knowledge of Cadence schematic design and layout
• Experience with E&M modelling tools are a plus (ADS, HFSS, Sonnet, etc.)
• Ability to characterize products hands on in the lab
• Ability to support a product through the entire product development and release cycle
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the specific ability to speak to various technical and management levels
• Willingness to travel when required
• B.S. plus 12 years of IC design experience
• M.S. plus 10 years of IC design experience
• Ph.D. plus 6 years of IC design experience