Description

The Role: Xylem seeks to hire seeks to hire an RF-antenna Development Engineer to assist in the development and ongoing engineering support of the Sensus portfolio of products.  The RF-antenna Development Engineer will work with other engineering disciplines in the development and ongoing technical support of the Sensus portfolio and will entail full life-cycle responsibilities from conceptual design of new product introduction to resolving any technical issue with legacy products.  Product design ownership, collaborative attitude, and enthusiasm for delivering on-time within budget and quality requirements are crucial for success in this position.  

This individual will be part of a focused development team involved with the following:   

• Development of micro-controller or DSP based embedded systems and high volume products for the next generation of Automatic Meter Infrastructure (AMI) products.
• Development of the building blocks for new core features and functionality for future products.
• Participation in the selection of suitable antenna and RF components, microprocessors, analog circuits and development tools.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:  

• Participate in RF and antenna design activities within the multi-functional development team in the development of new products from conceptualization through production launch. Ensure all aspects of the antenna and RF design meet performance, schedule, quality and cost requirements.
• Able to design and verify non-RF electrical components such as microprocessors, discrete and integrated power supplies, sensors and other various categories of electronic components.
• Participate in design reviews and work within cross-functional teams including electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, manufacturing, marketing and supply chain.
• Ensure the product design meets desired performance, regulatory and reliability requirements.
• Generate documentation such as system specifications, product requirements and manufacturing test specifications to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Work with domestic and international manufacturing teams to implement DFA/DFM principles during development of new products and ongoing support for existing products.
• Develop, conduct and/or manage component and system level test plans to support new product development.
• Assist system engineers and marketing program managers in making recommendations for solutions to specific endpoint and infrastructure applications.
• Participation in Xylem Watermark volunteer activities

 Minimum Qualifications:  

• 3-5 years of experience with product design focused on RF development. 
• Experience with RF testing tools such as spectrum and network analyzers, oscilloscopes, multi-meters and anechoic chambers.
• Experience with schematic capture and circuit board layout tools such as Altium.
• Product testing and root cause analysis skills.
• Desire and ability to learn new tools, processes, and design techniques.
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to convey technical concepts in business terms.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced team environment where you will interface regularly with mechanical, back-end software, firmware, and system test engineers on system-level design development. 
• Ability to evaluate and make recommendations on cost control, reliability and manufacturability issues and maintains aggressive development schedules.   

Preferred Qualifications:  

• 3-5 years of experience with product design focused on antenna development. 
• Familiarity with regulatory agency requirements such as FCC and ETSI.
• Experience with antenna simulation tools such as Ansys HFSS and Keysight ADS. 

 Education and/or Certifications:  

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering