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MACOM · 18 hours ago

Senior Electrical Engineer

Northampton, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$83K/yr - $136K/yr

10+ years exp

MACOM is a leading designer and manufacturer of semiconductor products for various applications including Data Center and Telecommunication. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the design and analysis of printed circuit boards and associated circuits, working closely with various teams to develop innovative products and ensure successful product transitions to production.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Be responsible for the design, analysis, layout, test, and release of printed circuit boards embedded in RF/MMW integrated microwave assemblies

Design of circuits for DC filtering, voltage conversion, and power conditioning for MMICs

Design both analog and embedded digital circuits for control of MMICs

Hardware interfaces such as SPI, I2C, TCP/IP, UDP, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, CAN Bus, UART, USB, Ethernet

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, PSpice, 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 the 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)

Advocate for PCB-level analog & digital design as a function and core competency within the company

Qualification

Analog & Digital Circuit DesignPCB Design & LayoutSPICE Simulation ToolsEmbedded Systems DesignRF/MMW Design TechniquesProgramming LanguagesRF Simulation ToolsPCB Layout ToolsElectronic Test EquipmentAgile PLMFluency in EnglishCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsInterpersonal SkillsTime Management

Required

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

10+ years' experience with releasing Printed Circuit Boards or Circuit Card Assemblies implementing basic power supply, control, conditioning, and telemetry type circuits

Bona fide electronics and PCB / CCA enthusiast

Fluency with SPICE simulation tools

Fluency with several programming and/or hardware description languages

Comfort working in general purpose operating systems such as Linux, Windows, Android, SteamOS, FreeBSD, DOS, AmigaOS

Experience designing both the hardware and software or firmware with embedded digital design toolchains for microcontrollers and FPGA's (such as Atmel, Xilinx)

Comfort working with RTOS such as ThreadX, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, RTEMS, LynxOS, QNX, Atlas Supervisor

Familiarity with RF/MMW IMA design techniques

Excellent communication, organization and documentation skills

Unparalleled time management skills and an unquenching thirst for working for multiple managers with competing priorities and conflicting deadlines

Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build long lasting partnerships

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Tolerance for using Agile PLM

Willingness to travel occasionally

Fluent in spoken and written English

Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position

Preferred

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Enthusiasm for radiation hardened electronics

Familiarity with RF simulation tools such as MWO or ADS (ADS preferred)

Familiarity with EM simulation tools (such as HFSS or WIPL-D)

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

Experience with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscope, multimeter, function generator, logic analyzer, LCR meter, thermal camera, curve tracer, time-domain reflectometers, etc