Technologist, RFIC Design Engineer at Western Digital — San Jose, CA

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designer will be responsible for the design of high performance RF and analog circuit blocks.
• Responsibilities include transistor level, block level and module level circuit architecture, design, simulation, optimization, layout supervision, layout verification, preparation of test plan for the testing team, reliability and yield assessment and modeling, simulation to bench and bench to test correlation, bench evaluation both at silicon level and at applications level, and documentation.
• Job responsibilities require ability to communicate at all levels and with cross functional groups.
• Candidate must have good verbal and written communications skills and demonstrated track record of circuit innovation, must be a team player, be adaptable, and accept constructive feedback.

REQUIRED:

• Must have hands-on design and development experience in RF and analog integrated circuit
• Must have experience in at least one preferably multiple area of full CMOS circuit design and development in:
• Baseband amplifiers, low noise RF amplifiers, wide bandwidth amplifiers
• Mixers, up-converters, down-converters
• High speed drivers and receivers, CDR circuits, equalizers
• Power amplifiers
• Must have experience in 40nm and below CMOS technology
• Must have a demonstrable track record of successful design releases and mass production
• Must have thorough knowledge of industry standard EDA tools (Cadence, Mentor, Siemens, Ansys etc.)
• Experience with RF and high performance analog block layout such as LNA, mixer, analog to digital converters, references, digital to analog converters etc.
• Experience with floor planning, block level routing and top level chip routing
• Knowledge of high performance analog layout considerations such as matching, EM-IR and SOA and mitigation techniques
• Experience working with distributed design teams a plus
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• BS, MS or PhD with relevant experience

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 8-13-2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.