**JOB SUMMARY** This position is for a Staff Design Engineer. The main responsibility of the Staff Design Engineer is to design, simulate, test, and verify new MMIC designs with a focus on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) switch development as well as related SOI products and technologies. This role will require access to access information controlled under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 CFR §§ 730-780),and likely the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR, 22 CFR §§ 120-130), and so applicants for this position must be one of a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or other Protected Individual (as defined under 8 USC § 1324b(a)(3)). **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** - Design new state-of-the-art silicon microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) circuits - Layout new MMICs, perform design rule checks, and perform layout vs. schematic checks - Interact with foundries to validate PDK models and tapeout new wafers - Ability and willingness to characterize products hands on in the lab when required to meet project schedules - Assist with generation of preliminary datasheets - Support applications engineering, technical sales, and product line management when required - Support of products through the entire product development and production release cycle - Definition of product specifications and development of test plans - Prepare for design review meetings **REQUIREMENTS** - Bachelors or MS or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, RF Engineering or related field - 3-5 years of hands-on silicon development experience **TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES** - Proven ability to design and support the production release of silicon MMIC products - Experience with common high frequency packaging techniques - Competency in the Cadence Virtuoso development environment - Experience with 3D electromagnetics simulation tools including: Momentum, EMX, HFSS **CORE COMPETENCIES** - Business Acumen: Awareness and knowledge of and insight into the organization’s vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics; ability to apply this understanding appropriately to diverse situations. Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company’s business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations. - Change: Knowledge of and ability to align the organization’s people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology and business processes. - Communication: Successful communication involves five components. Verbal communication refers to your ability to speak clearly and concisely. Nonverbal communication includes the capacity to project positive body language and facial expressions. Written communication refers to your skillfulness in composing text messages, reports, and other types of documents. Visual communication involves your ability to relay information using pictures and other visual aids. Active listening should also be considered a key communication soft skill because it helps you listen to and actually hear what others say. You need to be able to listen to understand how to best communicate with someone. - Strategic Thinking: Understands business issues and opportunities and translates or aligns them to a vision, strategy and plans to chart a course of action. - Teamwork: Collaborate with others to achieve common goals. Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers. Exercise the ability to compromise and be adaptable. - Problem-Solving / Critical Thinking: Ability to balance the needs of different people in a solution to a problem. Able to meet the needs of different constituents in the solution of a problem. Able to solve problems with multiple criteria that need to be met. Identifies and assesses all potential responses to a problem. - Integrity / Work Ethic: Deal with Conflict Properly. Report Unethical Behavior. Be upfront about your short comings. Be willing to do hard work. Take accountability for your actions. Be a team player. Respect others. Don’t abuse your power. Keep morale up. - Interpersonal Skills: Interpersonal competencies help you interact, communicate, and collaborate with others effectively. Typical examples of interpersonal skills include empathy, active listening, and emotional intelligence **PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS** - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. - The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. - The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. - The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 25 pounds. - Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. - Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing **ABOUT MARKI MICROWAVE** Shattering Performance Barriers Since 1991. At Marki Microwave our goal is to invent technologies to empower the RF and microwave industry to design faster, simplify production, eliminate complexity, and shatter performance barriers. Marki Microwave is a privately-owned company based in Morgan Hill, California, 30 minutes from downtown San Jose in Southern Silicon Valley. We offer a full benefits package, including: - Holiday pay - Paid Time Off (4 weeks) - Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance - Long Term Disability - Life and AD&D Insurance - 401(k) ER matching - Employee Dependent Scholarship Plan - College Loan Subsidy Program Marki Microwave is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, military or veteran status, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected classification.