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RFIC Layout Engineer

Apple · Austin, United States of America · Irvine, United States of America · San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America · San Diego, United States of America · Waltham, United States of America

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Job details

Level
Senior
Experience
10+ years
Posted
Oct 27, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 28, 2026
Job description

About this role

The Wireless SoC Radio Team designs state-of-art highly energy efficient CMOS radios, from RF to bits. To deliver these radios, our team is responsible for the design of a wide range of RF, analog, and mixed-signal blocks from RF front-end amplifiers to data converters, including baseband filters, baseband and RF phase-locked loops, crystal oscillators, and band gap references.

As an RFIC Layout Engineer, you will be a key member of a RFIC team, researching, designing and bringing the next-generation of wireless technologies into high-volume production in advanced CMOS technology nodes.

BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience. FinFet experience.

Experience in custom RF/analog layout for radio transceivers with extensive knowledge of deep sub-micron CMOS. Knowledgeable in layout techniques for device matching, minimizing parasitics, RF shielding, and high frequency routing. Solid understanding of RC delay, electromigration, and coupling.

Understanding of guard rings, DNW, PN junctions, and advanced process effects such as LOD, WPE. High level proficiency in interpretation of CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS in FinFet Technology. Knowledge of CADENCE layout tools.

Excellent communication skills. Scripting skills in PERL or SKILL.

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