Senior HW RF/mmWave Designer

Job Title

Senior HW RF/mmWave Designer

Role Summary

Member of the Hardware Radio team within the Wireless IoT group, based in Athens. The role focuses on design and verification of RF building blocks for MIMO Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth transceivers and supporting system-level integration and post-silicon validation.

Work involves close collaboration with layout engineers, system designers and customers to deliver and validate RF/analog IP in advanced CMOS/FinFET processes.

Experience Level

Senior. Principal-level role requiring more than 12 years of experience in RF/Analog IC design.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities cover block-level RF design, verification, documentation and post-silicon validation.

• Design and verify high-end RF blocks to meet specifications (PA, LNA, switches, mixers, VGAs, poly-phase filters, etc.).
• Extract block-level specifications from high-level standard/system requirements.
• Collaborate with layout engineers and perform layout reviews.
• Support system design of receiver and transmitter chains for wireless OFDM transceivers.
• Generate design documentation and participate in design reviews.
• Perform post-silicon verification and debugging using electrical measurements in the lab.
• Support customer evaluation and integration activities.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, tools experience and behavioral attributes.

• Principal experience level with extensive RF/Analog IC design in nanometer planar CMOS or FinFET technologies (more than 12 years).
• Strong experience with circuits such as power amplifiers, LNAs, RF switches, poly-phase filters, VGAs and mixers; low-voltage and low-power CMOS design techniques.
• Experience in system design of wireless OFDM CMOS transceivers and definition of sub-block specifications.
• Understanding of wireless modem algorithms (e.g., DPD, DC-offset calibration, IQ mismatch calibration, AGC calibration).
• Familiarity with PCB RF board requirements for transceiver evaluation.
• Proficiency with Cadence IC design tools and practical lab measurement experience for post-silicon debug.
• Experience writing technical reports and design documentation.
• Strong communication, collaboration, organization and prioritization skills; fluent in English.

Education Requirements

PhD or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering or a closely related field with specific knowledge of RF analog circuit design and RF system design. (The posting lists these degrees explicitly.)

About the Company

Company: Ceva

Headquarters: Herzliya, Israel

Ceva is a semiconductor IP licensor specializing in wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies. It provides digital signal processors, AI processors, wireless platforms and software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and other AI-enabled functions for connected devices.