Principal Design & Firmware Engineer

Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves multiple high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home/IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace/defense.

About the role

The Antenna Technologies team resides in the Defense Missions Technology group in the Defense & Aerospace (D&A) business unit. The team develops phased array solutions for customers in Satellite Communications, Line of Sight Communications, and Aerospace & Defense (including Radar) markets. You will collaborate with an experienced antenna design team and test professionals to develop state-of-the-art products.

Qorvo's Antenna Technologies team is seeking a Principal Firmware & Electrical Design Engineer to design, build, test, and maintain embedded controller hardware and firmware for phased array reference designs and array products, with support for power supply and digital control circuitry.

Responsibilities

• Architect active IC control logic and develop hardware for phased array systems.
• Write embedded control firmware for phased array operation, including near real-time beamsteering updates, IC polling, temperature readings, calibration, and error monitoring.
• Build SPI digital communication links between microcontrollers and peripherals.
• Create Interface Control Documents (ICDs) to connect external systems, including GPS and INS systems, and write firmware to transfer data across these interfaces.
• Lead debugging and test verification of high-speed digital systems and verify functionality of high-speed interfaces on designs.
• Develop specifications and resource requirements for digital, firmware, and embedded software designs (1-2 years after joining).
• Develop processes for software/firmware development, management, and maintenance for deployed products.
• Expand ownership of high-speed digital electronics, DC power supply designs, embedded processor systems, and signal and power integrity improvements for digital/FPGA designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BSEE or equivalent) with a minimum of 5 years of overall experience.
• Experience with embedded controller testing and troubleshooting, analog/digital circuit design, power management, schematic capture, PCB layout, and BOM tools.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, and system-level ICDs; familiarity with GPS receivers, INS sensors, and navigation data.
• Strong circuit design, documentation, and implementation experience with high-speed digital electronics, DC power supply designs, and embedded processor systems.
• Experience in signal and power integrity analysis of digital/FPGA designs.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment on aggressive schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with phased array beamsteering algorithms and array math implemented in firmware.
• Experience in low-voltage power supply/regulation design, with experience related to RF circuit design.
• Experience with design, analysis, and layout of PCBs with high-speed digital line rates of 1+ Gb/s.
• Experience developing software in Python and familiarity with object-oriented programming.
• Digital system partitioning and function implementation in FPGAs and simulation.

Pay

Competitive base salary range: $148,100 - $192,500 (subject to change dependent on physical location).