Intern, Characterization - Spring 2025
Job Description
San Diego, CA, US
At pSemi Corporation, we encourage individual development with internal career opportunities. We thrive to build a versatile and valuable workforce capable of handling our biggest challenges while retaining our biggest assets, our employees. To be eligible to apply for an internal position you must be a regular full-time or part-time employee, must be in your current role for at least 12 consecutive months, must have a performance review rating of meets expectations (3) or greater, and must not have had a written performance or disciplinary issues within 6 months of applying for a new role. Prior to submitting your application, please discuss your interest with your current supervisor as you will want your current supervisor to be aware of your intent before the hiring manager comes to discuss your application with him/her. Once you apply, standard screening and interviewing processes will apply.
Job Summary
Candidates will support the validation and characterizationof RFICs in pSemi's UltraCMOS technology for commercial and industrial applications. Product lines include high performance RF switches, Amplifiers, Mixers, LNA's, VCOs, and PLLs.
Roles & Responsibilities
This position has responsibility for:
- Product characterization: define, measure, analyze and document product performance data.
- Possible production ATE support: work with test engineers to define, develop and ramp production ATE solutions.
Competency Requirements
In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Critical Thinking:Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations.
- Working with Ambiguity:Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information.
- Displaying Technical Expertise:Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
- Driving for Results:Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal driven approach toward work.
- Delivering High Quality Work:Critically reviews work processes to ensure quality; addresses problems that could impact quality; makes sure project deliverables and services meet all requirements and expectations; does not make the same mistakes twice.
Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)
- Hands on experience of RF measurement equipment to validate performance of CMOS RF ICs, such as NF, phase noise, IP3, IP2, matching using smith charts, time domain measurements etc.
- Solid understanding of basic circuit theory
- Proficiency with general lab equipment such as: power supplies, o-scopes, multi-meters, spectrum analyzers
- Familiarity with RF test topics such as: 1 dB compression, smith charts, s-parameters, noise figure, power, pulsed power, and harmonics, etc.
- Good software programming skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strength in documentation clarity and completeness.
- Cooperative team member with a strong sense of urgency to meet product requirements on schedule.
- Willingness to go beyond what's required.
Education Requirements
- Fulltime enrollment in accredited Bachelor's degree program in Electrical Engineer (must be completing 3+ year) or MSEE candidate
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
Physical Demands
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 frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.
USD: 25.63 - 48.60 per hour
Thank you for your interest in our temporary position. Please be advised that the selected candidate will be employed and receive all wages directly from a third party staffing agency selected by pSemi.
pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including "protected veterans" under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logoand UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP andDuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com
Nearest Major Market: San Diego
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