Principal RF Hardware Engineer

This position is for a Principal RF Hardware design engineer reporting into the RF and Millimeter Wave product development group.  The successful candidate will join a team of RF engineers in development of RF and Millimeter ATE instrumentation. The products range from 6 GHz up to 70 GHz in frequency.

• Precision measurement receivers, signal sourcing, and DSP functions. 
• Strong grasp of detailed PCB development, RF circuit analysis, and familiarity with calibration of precision instrumentation.
• System level trouble shooting skills, plus excellent communication and organizational skills are mandatory.
• Experience within the Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) industry is a definite plus.
• Work closely with marketing and applications to provide input to marketing strategies and future product developments. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering (BSEE) with at least 10 years design experience, Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) preferred. 
• Familiarity with RF generator and receiver architectures.
• Strong detailed RF circuit analysis and design knowledge.
• Thorough knowledge of the various RF Parts available in the industry.
• PCB design and layout for circuitry operating up to at least 8 GHz.
• Strong simulation experience with tools such as Genesys, HFSS, and MATLAB.
• Working knowledge of RF power meters, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and vector signal generators/analyzers.
• Ability to team with software, hardware, applications, and operations engineering staff, to bring-up new hardware designs and to diagnose chip and board problems.
• Ability to understand and design RF Systems.
• Excellent System level trouble shooting skills are mandatory.
• Basic Digital Signal Processing knowledge.
• Basic programming skills with standard programming languages like Python and C/C++