RF Application Engineer

Ampleon; Nijmegen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampleon in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) or Toulouse (France) is seeking a highly skilled RF Application Engineer to join the NPI Multi-Market team. The role focuses on RF power applications, demos, and reference designs across ISM, Healthcare, Broadcast, Radar, and Mobile Radio.

You will design, simulate, and measure high-performance demo boards, define key customer requirements, and support integration with emphasis on RF performance, matching, and thermal design.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of RF design experience.
• Master's or higher in RF Power & Microwave.
• Experience with RF measurement techniques.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems independently.

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate and measure performance of RF demo boards.
• Define customer requirements and evaluate reference designs.
• Support customers in RF performance, matching, and thermal design.
• Solve complex system issues with customers.
• Write Application Notes on features and usage.
• Benchmark products against competitors to define edge.
• Propose innovative products based on customer interactions.
• Build and maintain an international contact network and participate in visits.

Skills

RF design

Complex integration

Teamwork

Customer focus

Education

Master’s degree in electrical engineering (RF Power & Microwave)

Tools

ADS/MWO

3D EM Simulation

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled RF Application Engineer to join our NPI Multi-Market team. This team of RF Power Application Engineers is located across Smithfield (USA), Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Toulouse (France) and Shanghai (China). Collectively this team designs demos and reference designs complemented by design-in support to customers in the Multi-Market segment. These demos and reference designs target different application areas like ISM, Healthcare, Broadcast, Radar, and Mobile Radio. The location of the RF Power Application Engineer position can be either Nijmegen (The Netherlands), or Toulouse (France).

This role requires a deep understanding of advanced RF power amplifier architectures, including complex, high-efficiency topologies such as Class-E/EF2. You will be challenged by optimizing efficiency, linearity, gain, and thermal performance. And you will bring hands-on experience with key semiconductor technologies such as LDMOs and GaN on SiC.

Key Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities are:

• Design, simulation and performance measurements of advanced high performing demo boards.
• Define with the customer the key requirements for their specific reference design and design and evaluate this reference design accordingly.
• Technically support our customers to ensure a successful integration of our products in the customer environment. Key support to give is on: RF performance, matching architecture, thermal design, reliability and product lifetime.
• Address and solve with the customer their most complex system issues.
• Writing Application Notes on specific features and usage of our products.
• Do detailed benchmarking of our products against competing products to further determine our competitive edge.
• Based on customer interactions propose and define innovative products to meet market trends and maintain our competitiveness
• Actively build and maintain a network of contacts in own and related fields to gain and share knowledge.
• Professional active participation in customer visits at the Ampleon site and at the customer site.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant RF design experience
• Understanding specifics of all Classes of operation and ability to design them
• RF simulation tools like ADS/MWO and 3D EM simulation
• All regular RF equipment and measurement techniques
• A proven track record, demonstrating completion of multiple successful complex integrations of products in customer application environment.
• Ability to analyze and resolve highly complex technical problems independently
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering (or equivalent) with specialization in RF Power & Microwave

Preferred Skills

• Curiosity and Eager to grow and teach in RF/Microwave techniques and Power Amplifier Design,
• Analytical problem solving skills for complex integration challenges,
• Have a driven and pro-active hands-on attitude, Ability to take the initiative and drive for results,
• Strong team player and good communication skills,
• Demonstrating strong teamwork skills in an international environment,
• Customer focus and able to defend customers and Ampleon’s interest.