Sr. Patent Engineer/Technologist

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

About us

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management IC, antenna tuning, and RF front ends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced communication capabilities for wireless devices, cellular infrastructure, and AI servers. 

Why Join Our Team?  

Step into a strategic role at the intersection of advanced technology and intellectual property working with a world class team. This position is part of Murata’s Center of Excellence for IP in the United States, responsible from multiple Murata companies, including pSemi, in the Americas, and a key driver of Murata’s worldwide innovation efforts.

Our US IP organization is a multifaceted matrix organization, aligned with advancing current business interests and catalyzing technology development to enable future business opportunities. You will be responsible for making key contributions to the creation, strengthening, management, and utilization of a high-value patent portfolio focused on RFFE IC devices, circuits, and process technologies for wireless communications.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Working with our engineering and product development teams in seeding, harvesting, and developing invention disclosures
• Contributing to strategic projects leveraging our IP portfolio for implementing our business strategy
• Working with our RF prosecution team and inventors in capturing high-value patents (and trade secrets) in alignment with our business goals
• Defining and leading reverse engineering projects, analyzing teardown reports at both module and circuit/die levels, and developing Claim Charts and business cases for strategic utilization
• Defining and implementing competitive patent portfolio analysis based on specific business needs

Technical Focus Area

This role focuses on building, analyzing, optimizing, and utilizing a patent portfolio that is aimed at providing a competitive advantage in RF semiconductor application domains.

Qualifications 

Basic Requirements

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or physics, or equivalent industry experience in RF circuits, systems/modules, and devices
• Minimum 3-year of experience in RF devices and RF circuit design, including PA, LNA, switches and filters.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and strategic thinking skills.
• Prior exposure to patents, patent prosecution, and defensive or offensive utilization of patents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional experience/knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
• IC process and manufacturing technologies and/or packaging

• • Leading reverse engineering tasks and performing analysis of tear-down reports at the circuit, die, and module levels
  • RFFE systems and architecture
• USPTO registration as a Patent Agent or Patent Attorney, though not required
• Demonstrated ability to originate and develop novel patent assertion theses, including articulating technical, business justifications and risk mitigation, experience in claim charting, licensing models, IP strategy, and competitive landscape analysis              
• Demonstrated curiosity, passion, and an open mind for problem solving and creating new opportunities at the intersection of technology, business, and intellectual property
• Prior experience in interacting with or working at multi-national organizations.

 Location & Work Arrangement

The successful candidate is preferably located in San Diego, CA. This position could be a hybrid position with 2-3 days a week in-person presence at the pSemi San Diego offices.

While proximity to this location is preferred, we welcome candidates whose skills and experience strongly align with the role, and who can collaborate effectively across distributed teams. In addition, this position may require occasional travel —to various company sites in North America and Japan, based on business needs.

USD 168,720.93 - 219,349.36 per year 

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 logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE 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