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Senior RF Engineer – Power Amplifier
| Company | Epirus |
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| Location | Carson, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $134300 – $165700 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in RF Engineering
- 5+ years experience with broadband high-power amplifier design and development in frequency ranges from UHF to C band or higher
- Thorough understanding of high-power amplifier design process from component characterization and selection to volume manufacturing
- Experience with RF cascade analyses, component selection, and component evaluations
- Skilled with modeling, simulation, analysis, design, test and optimization of RF power amplifiers and supporting circuits like couplers, detectors, and bias sequencing/control
- Familiar with power amplifier impedance matching circuits and optimizations
- Experience with schematic capture and guiding PCB layout
- Experience with test plan development and test execution
- Experience developing circuit models and simulations using tools like Keysight ADS or Cadence AWR
- Experience with test equipment like vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and load pull
Responsibilities
- Design of high-power microwave amplifiers for CW or pulsed operation
- Evaluate, characterize, and select off-the-shelf power amplifier components like discrete transistors, MMICs, couplers, splitters/combiners, etc.
- Modeling, simulation, analysis, design, test, and optimization of high-power active and passive power amplifier circuits
- Generate schematics and work closely with mechanical, thermal, and PCB layout teams to ensure circuit designs meet requirements while striving for first-pass design success
- Board bring-up, test, and circuit optimizations
- Develop circuit verification test plans and assist with testing
- Assist with RF system and/or subsystem requirement development and feasibility studies
- Assist with manufacturing process and test requirement development
- Coordinate with internal quality and supply chain teams for process improvements
- Work with vendors to explore new device capabilities and modeling
- Troubleshoot board-level RF issues/failures and provide recommended paths forward
- Hold design reviews and presentations with peers and act as an expert reviewer
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with 3D electromagnetic modeling and simulation using tools like Ansys HFSS, CST, and Feko or similar
- Familiar with RF filter design
- Experience with PCB design / layout
- Experience with RF requirement development and feasibility analyses
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Collaborative; capable of working across all of the organization
- Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
