Role Overview
• Design and develop RF and microwave integrated circuits from specification through simulation, layout, verification, GDSII preparation and post-fabrication evaluation.
• Work on power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers and other RF front-end / MMIC / RFIC building blocks under the guidance of senior designers, with increasing independent ownership.
• Contribute to customer-specific and product-specific designs by converting defined RF requirements into circuit-level implementations.
• This is a hands-on design role for engineers who want early ownership of real semiconductor development rather than simulation-only work.

Key Responsibilities
• Understand product and customer requirements and convert them into circuit-level design targets with guidance from senior engineers.
• Design RF/MMIC/RFIC circuit blocks including power amplifiers, LNAs and related RF front-end circuits.
• Perform schematic capture and RF circuit simulation using industry-standard design tools.
• Perform S-parameter, harmonic-balance, stability, compression, gain, efficiency, noise and other relevant analyses.
• Design impedance-matching networks, bias networks, RF passives and supporting circuitry
• Optimize designs across frequency and relevant process, voltage, temperature and operating condition variations.
• Perform EM simulation of RF structures and include parasitic and distributed effects in circuit verification.
• Create and refine MMIC/RFIC layouts with attention to grounding, coupling, parasitics, current handling, symmetry and thermal constraints.
• Execute DRC, LVS and other foundry-required physical verification.




• Perform post-layout and EM-aware simulation and participate in design sign-off reviews.
• Prepare designs and associated documentation for GDSII release under senior review.
• Support post-fabrication characterization and compare measured performance with simulation.
• Debug design issues methodically and propose corrective actions based on simulation and measurement data.
• Prepare transparent design notes, simulation reports and technical presentations.
• Participate actively in schematic, layout, verification and tapeout reviews.
• Progress toward independent ownership of complete RF blocks and smaller MMIC developments. Required Qualifications
• B.
E. / B.
Tech., M.
E. / M.
Tech. or MS in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Engineering, Microelectronics or a closely related discipline.
• 1-3 years of relevant RFIC/MMIC, RF/analog IC or microwave circuit design experience.
• Strong understanding of S-parameters, impedance matching, transmission lines, gain, noise, stability, nonlinear behavior, P1dB, IP3, RF power, efficiency and passive RF networks.
• Hands-on experience using an RF/MMIC design environment such as Keysight ADS, Cadence Virtuoso or Cadence/AWR Microwave Office.
• Practical design exposure to at least one RF circuit such as a PA, LNA, driver, switch, attenuator, mixer,



phase shifter or related front-end block.
• Understanding of IC layout and the effect of parasitics, grounding, coupling and physical implementation on RF performance.
• Exposure to EM simulation using Momentum, HFSS, EMX, Sonnet, CST or similar tools
• Strong analytical ability and willingness to debug designs from first principles rather than rely only on tool optimization.
• Ability to document and communicate technical work clearly. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with GaN or GaAs MMIC design.
• Experience with RF power-amplifier or LNA design.
• Participation in at least one IC/MMIC tapeout.
• Experience taking a circuit from schematic through layout and physical verification.
• Familiarity with PDK-based design, DRC/LVS and GDSII generation.
• Hands-on RF measurement experience using VNAs, spectrum analysers, signal generators, power meters, probe stations or related equipment.
• Exposure to post-layout / EM co-simulation and simulation-to-silicon correlation.
• Basic understanding of semiconductor device physics relevant to RF design and foundry process limitations. What We Expect From This Role
• Strong fundamentals and curiosity about why a circuit behaves as it does, not just whether a simulation converges.
• Ability to take ownership of an RF block, carry it through implementation and respond constructively to design-review feedback.
• A disciplined approach to simulation, layout, verification, documentation and measurement correlation.
• Clear progression toward independent ownership of increasingly complete MMIC/RFIC designs.

📌 MMIC/RFIC Design Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 SiGaN Semiconductors
📍 Hyderabad