Design Engineer

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

RF/MMW Electrical Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the design, analysis, layout, test, and release of printed circuit boards embedded in RF/MMW IMAs.
• Design of circuits for DC filtering, voltage conversion, and power conditioning for MMICs.
• Design both analog and embedded digital circuits for control of MMICs.
• Creating schematic circuit simulations and EM simulations where appropriate.
• Analyze analog and digital circuits using tools such as LTspice, Matlab, TINA, QUCS, Multisim, Python, ICAP/4 SPICE, Scilab, Excel, etc.
• Generating layouts and assembly drawings.
• Be responsible for all design activities related to product development activities from kickoff through engineering evaluations.
• Work with our MMIC design, electromagnetic design, mechanical design, assembly, and test teams to develop new products as well as production methods.
• Initiate prototype builds and manage product characterization. You will design evaluation boards and characterization fixtures, then direct or perform measurements.
• Generating design reports, progress reports, test reports, datasheets and bill of materials.
• Organizing design reviews.
• Cooperating with Project Manager in order to maintain an up-to-date project plan and schedule.
• Work with our Product Engineering group to transfer the product to production.
• Keeping up to date with latest technologies (semiconductor, assembly, packaging, tools).
• Maintaining passion for the latest in circuit board technologies and electronics in general.
• Customer support (sampling and application notes).

Note: this is a non-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. Other tasks will be assigned during the course of your employment.

Job Qualifications:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, M.S. preferred.
• Electronics and PCB enthusiast
• Familiarity with SPICE simulation tools.
• Familiarity with embedded digital design toolchains for microcontrollers and FPGA's (such as Atmel, Xilinx)
• Familiarity with RF/MMW IMA design techniques.
• Familiarity with RF simulation tools such as MWO or ADS (ADS preferred).
• Familiarity with EM simulation tools (such as HFSS).
• Familiarity with PCB layout tools such as Altium, PADS, or KiCAD
• Familiarity with RF measurement techniques for small-signal and large-signal characterization of amplifiers: bench calibration, S-parameters, 1-tone and 2-tone power sweep measurements, pulsed measurements.
• Good communication, organization and documentation skills.
• Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build long lasting partnerships.
• Ability to work in fast pace environment.
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Due to ITAR regulations, candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.