
R&D Software Engineer
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
ResponsibilitiesAs an R&D Hardware Engineer, you will have the opportunity to leverage your Electrical Engineering expertise and measurement knowledge to contribute to a range of hands-on projects. You will play a vital role in our VNA product development team, which focuses on designing, developing, and testing RF and microwave test equipment.We seek a self-motivated engineer who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced development environment. You will be responsible for designing and simulating analog and RF hardware designs, troubleshooting the hardware when it arrives, and working with the cross-functional team, including FPGA, firmware/software, mechanical, materials, and manufacturing engineers. The ideal candidate is equally proficient in design and characterization in a hands-on environment.Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Developing analog and microwave circuits, including appropriate simulations
- Leading component selection
- Schematic entry
- PCB/PCA design
- Electrical characterization and debug
- Crafting comprehensive technical documentation
- System design and analysis
- Proactively work with cross-functional teams including HW and SW/FW design, NPI, and test engineering
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent applicable experience
- Experience in industry designing, debugging, documenting, and shipping electronic and microwave hardware products including VNA systems to 70+ GHz
- Knowledge of circuit theory, transmission line theory, and high-speed signal design
- Printed circuit board design experience, schematic, layout, including experience with microwave design and high-speed signal integrity
- Experience designing RF and microwave circuits like filters, high RF output power applications
- Solid experience with analog circuits, LDOs, amplifiers, low power oscillators, PLLs, VGAs, feedback and compensation techniques.
- Traditional and PXI based instrument design
- Strong experience with CAD/CAE design tools, microwave circuit and EM simulation tools like ADS, EMPro, Matlab, Pspiceā¦
- Ability to use scripting languages such as Python for instrument control and data collection