Job Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The RF Engineer is responsible for RF product and board level design in an agile engineering environment. He/she will interact with other team members, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and quality assurance to design and test new products and maintain existing products.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Design new RF circuitry which meet or exceed provided performance and cost criteria.

    Design and test new products in accordance with standards that include specifications, design, schedules, and specific task assignments.  

    Contribute to product strategy development.

    Benchmark RF products or technology from competitors.

Responsibilities

    Technical support and sustaining engineering for manufacturing operations in areas of expertise.

    Technical assistance to sales, customer service and customers as required.

    Technical assistance to purchasing for vendor or parts selection.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

BS degree in electrical engineering required, MS degree preferred. 

Proficient in RF and analog design techniques, including amplifiers, oscillators, couplers, and filters.

Proficient in use of modern circuit simulators (AWR or Genesys) and high=frequency structure simulators (HFSS)

Proficient in use of PCB design software (Altium)

Proficient in use of RF test equipment (VNA, spectrum analyzer, signal generator)

Desired Skills:

Experience in low-noise RF power amplifier design optimization, and testing

Experience in amplifier linearization techniques such as feedback, feed-forward, predistortion, and adaptive

Five or more years’ experience in the design and manufacture of RF equipment or test instruments for use in broadcast or wireless industries.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Operate computer and keyboard; able to use phone; sit for long periods; communicate using speech, hearing and vision skills.