# Kien Tran

> Sr. Technical Staff RF Microwave Engieering

Location: Castro Valley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kientran

Experienced design lead and manager with hands on approach in designing analog RF and microwave circuits on CMOS, BiCMOS,  GaAs, multi-chips modules and PCB levels for WiFi, WLAN, WiMAX, Bluethooth, GSM, CDMA and CATV.  

•	Keen understanding of RF transceiver architectures and design of sub-circuit blocks.

•	Experienced user of  Cadence SpectreRF,  Agilent ADS, SPICE, HSPICE, Ultrasim, Microwave Office (AWR) , including parasitic extraction for post-layout. 

•	Employed CST, Sonnet and HFSS for EM simulations on uWave structures:  interconnects, filters and antenna, etc...

•	Experienced designer of LNAs, mixers, VCOs, PLL, PAs, attenuators and filters for radio transceivers.

•	Proficient with RF test equipment: Spectrum Analyzer (SPA), Network Analyzer, PNAx, Complex Vector Analyzer, etc.

## Work Experience
### Principal Engineer @ Mercury Systems
Jan 2023 – Present | Fremont, California, United States
Design high reliable electronics for defense and space applications.

### Sr. Project Lead @ Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States
Design microwave electronics modules for defense and space applications.
Support technical proposal for new business.
Lead product design, development, and hardware delivery.

### Sr. Technical Staff @ Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Milpitas, Ca
Lead Design and Develop Hi-Rel RF Wireless Electronics Components for Multi-Platform Applications.  Support New Product and Business Development.

### Sr. Responsible Engineer (RE) @ Space Systems Loral
Jan 2010 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto
Lead the design and delivery of  RF/Microwave products  for satellite communication subsystems.   Products include Radio Tranceivers 4-30GHz, Digital Analog Telemetry sub-blocks, RF Linearizer Channel Amplifers. These hybrid modules contain radio transmission circuitries, digital and analog telemetry circuitries.

### Design Engineer Manager @ Rafael Technology
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 | Santa Clara
Led a team of engineers in designing silicon IC tuner for CATV, and DVB-T/H on IBM SiGe BiCMOS, and TSMC 0.18u RFMOS.    Streamed line design flow in  Cadence environment,  developed design requirements, reviewed designed circuits and also involved in circuit designs.  Worked with sales marketing in product definition to develop for new business opportunities.  Planned and generated product design schedules.  Managed design and layout resources and had successfully taped out working system chipsets.

### Sr. RFIC Design Lead Engineer @ MicroLinear Corp. (RFMD)
Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 | San Jose,CA
Designed various sub-blocks of RF transceivers for cordless phone, wireless network 802.11a/b WLAN and cellular PHS in range of 300MHz to 5.8GHz on BiCMOS SiGe processes from  IBM and JAZZ foundries.   Successfully designed multiple RF products that went in production.

### Design Engineer @ Atmel Corporation, InterWave Corp., Pacific Monolithic.
Jan 1994 – Jan 2001 | San Jose, CA
Design Engineer position held at various companies.


## Education
### MSEE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kien-tran-9b11b916

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Last updated: 2026-04-13