Lead Electrical Engineer – RF

Essential Responsibilities

• Own schematic capture and layout for circuit boards implementing small-signal RF, high fidelity ADCs/DACs/PLLs, FPGAs/processors, high speed interfaces, various industry standard digital interfaces, power supplies.
• Write detailed functional specifications that document newly created designs and support product introduction.
• Work with FPGA designer and Firmware Team to define architecture, and support development.
• Work with related sub-systems (Tx / Rx coil design, power, cooling, etc) to manage interactions.
• Lead technical investigations with team to retire technical risks and support field issues.
• Test and verify hardware to ensure that they meet specifications and requirements, through bench testing, system integration testing, reliability testing, etc.
• Engage in all phases of new product introduction: concept, architecture, documentation, design, prototype, test, supplier interfaces, manufacturing introduction and service support.
• Support legacy RF designs as needed to support customers and manufacturing.
• Drive improvements in new designs to address deficiencies and opportunities.
• Update knowledge and skills in order to keep up industry standard developments and interfaces.

Qualifications/Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with at least 3 years design experience.
• Experience and knowledge in analog simulation, design workflow, hardware evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience owning and bring up circuit board designs (including schematic capture, layout, board troubleshooting, etc).
• Working knowledge of project management processes and procedures.
• Experience with typical electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, etc.

Desired Characteristics

• MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years design experience.
• Experience implementing WiFi in design / productization, working with commercially available chipsets.
• Experience with designs implementing embedded processors and associated interfaces to FPGA or other devices.
• Profound experience in MATLAB or equivalent simulation/modeling tool.
• Proficiency in electrical design tools such as ADS, Cadence, PSPICE, etc.
• Demonstrated self-starter, energizing, results oriented, and able to multi-task.
• Excellent teamwork, coordination and communication skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• EMC compatible design/solution experience.
• Design for Reliability and Manufacturability experience.