RF Engineer - Military Veterans

General Profile: Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise. Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions. Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. May lead functional teams or projects

Key Responsibilities

• Technically lead and/or execute engineering projects, including development of key suppliers
• Problem identification and troubleshooting a wide range of complex RF problems with limited to no supervision
• Specify the development of design or modify engineering assemblies, layout/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications of complex scope
• Interfaces with internal and external customers regarding complex RF issues for specific projects
• Implement concepts for wide range of complex product issues and solutions
• Generate product specifications with limited to no supervision
• Specify and/or perform engineering analysis of complex scope
• Define, coordinate, perform and generate engineering test reports
• This technical staff position leads and/or develops and executes exceptionally complex technology and engineering projects and leads research and development of new technologies as appropriate. Works on difficult issues that impact design and product success and/or addresses future concepts, products or technologies.  Success is measured by one or more of the following: incremental revenue growth, market share increases, key customer penetrations, time to market improvement and commercial value of the work.
• Within safety guidelines design, perform, collect data, analyze and compile reports on unusually complex engineering experiments and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious. 
• Develop innovative solutions as part of proven track record of significant technology contributions.  Recognized for technical expertise.
• Conceive and implement new technology, normally participate in at least one critical patent, and received recognition through at least one award and/or published paper within the last five years.
• Collaborates to work on difficult issues that impact design and product success and/or addresses future concepts, products and technologies. 

Skills/Proficiency Preferred:

• Design experience in High power RF generation and matching.
• Ability to rapidly generate design concepts and implement them.
• Experience in electromagnetic simulations using software like Ansys-HFSS
• Experience working with vendors to implement your designs in a timely and cost-effective fashion.
• Technically lead and execute testing of a variety of Electrical and Electronics products; responsibilities including setting product goals, develop test plans, prepare and execute lab testing, prepare test reports, perform failure analysis and recommend corrective actions.
• Hands-on development of highly customized test benches for testing of a variety of RF components like RF Match & RF Generator.
• Knowledge in Matching network topologies L, inverse L, T and Pi topologies
• Selection of RF components (e.g vacuum capacitors, different RF connectors,) and their specifications with engineering optimization.
• Experience in using network analyzer and spectrum analyzer, RF power meters, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Tuning algorithm with FPGA program.
• Experience in matching the impedance using smith chart for a typical plasma loads
• Experience to plot impedance tuning range of a Matching network on a network analyzer
• Experience of phase and magnitude detectors, VI sensors and directional couplers
• Knowledge of transmission lines, impact of transmission line length on generator-matching network-plasma dynamic interactions
• Knowledge of phase and magnitude detectors, voltage and current sensors
• Knowledge of impedance tuning control systems, path independent tuning algorithms, modeling software
• Knowledge of high power and low power RF filters, common mode chokes, transmission line transformers, circulators
• Knowledge in RF power amplifier architectures with dc power supplies
• Knowledge of two ports schematics, scattering matrix, network analyzer, spectrum analyzers.
• Expertise on low frequency (less than 1 MHz) high power matching networks schemes
• Expertise on high frequency (1-27MHz) matching networks.
• Expertise on matching networks for VHF frequencies (>40Mhz) (transmission line-based circuit elements)
• Expertise on resonant circuits, three stub tuners at microwaves frequencies (>660Mhz), circulators, isolators
• Experience in developing topology for RF Match & RF Generator
• Knowledge in Speedgoat
• Excellent analysis and trouble-shooting skills

Software Skill

• High frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS)
• Advanced Design System (ADS) – Circuit Simulator
• PSpice and LTSpice Circuit simulator
• COMSOL Multiphysics
• MATLAB/Simulink
• VHDL
• LabVIEW

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field 

Business Expertise

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

Leadership

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity 

Problem Solving

• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions

Impact

• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Qualifications:

• PhD/MS in RF Engineering or MS/PhD in Microwave Engineering.

Experience:

• 10 to 15years in RF/Microwave design, testing & validation.
• Knowledge of the Semiconductor industry, plasma, and capital equipment experience a plus.

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