Electronic Design Engineer, Senior/Principal

MACOM; Hamilton Township (NJ); On-site; USD 98,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

RSU awards and cash bonuses

Job summary

MACOM seeks a Senior/Principal Electronic Design Engineer to develop and improve RF/microwave and photonics components for defense, data center, and telecom applications. You will lead design from concept through production, including prototype builds, characterization, and collaborations with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in RF circuits, board design, and firmware coordination, with 10+ years of relevant experience and an ability to navigate high-yield,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or similar studies.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in relevant electronics / photonics design engineering.
• Senior / Principal title will be assigned based on the experience of the candidate.
• Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons will be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

• Design, draft, test, and release new electronics products, devices, circuits, and/or systems.
• Develop and write test and assembly plans and procedures.
• Transfer products to production with Product Engineering group.
• Lead prototype builds and product characterization; design evaluation boards and fixtures.

Skills

RF/Microwave/mmWave architectures

Electronics board design

OpenVPX/SOSA modules

EM/EO simulations

Test equipment proficiency

Firmware requirements

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field

Advanced degree desirable

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs, and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. View our facilities at https://www.macom.com/. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives, and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Job Title: Electronic Design Engineer, Senior / Principal

Position Overview: The Electronic Design Engineer, Senior / Principal will utilize in depth knowledge to develop, design, maintain, or improve electrical and photonics components, products, or systems for Commercial, Aerospace & Defense and other wireless applications. Will demonstrate conceptual and practical expertise in electronic design challenges and basic knowledge of related disciplines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requires specialized depth and/or knowledge or expertise in the design, drafting, test, and release of new electronics products, devices, circuits, and/or systems. Products include analog RF fiber optic links, high-speed digital fiber optic transceivers and fiber optic amplifiers. Products utilize microprocessors and firmware.
• Be responsible for all design activities and related product development activities from kick-off through engineering evaluation and write test and assembly plans and procedures.
• Acts as a resource to develop team atmosphere together with our transistor designers, our application, and device engineering teams.
• Initiate prototype builds and manage product characterization. Design evaluation boards and characterization fixtures, direct or perform measurements, and process and present evaluation data against the product development goals.
• Provide clear status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing test data.
• Expert in formal stage-gate new product introduction process.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with other others.
• Awareness of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams, acts as resource for colleagues.
• Work with our Product Engineering group to transfer products to production.

Key Competencies & Skills required:

• In depth understanding of a variety of RF/Microwave/mmWave, optical networking circuit architectures.
• Knowledge of electronics board design (schematics) and writing software/firmware requirements for electronic boards with microprocessors is required.
• Knowledge of design of modules for VITA OpenVPX and SOSA applications is a major plus.
• Analyzes best practices to improve product, processes, or services.
• Strong ability to solve complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions.
• Fluent with relevant electronics simulation tools, software, and test equipment (spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, power meter, etc.).
• Fluent in Electro-magnetic and/or Electro-optic simulations, thermal simulation.
• Experienced with integration and experience designing for high yield and low cost.
• Strong knowledge of the operation and calibration of industry standard test equipment.
• Experience with the design of evaluation boards including both electrical and thermal aspects.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD or other drawing packages is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or similar studies. Advanced degree is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in relevant electronics / photonics design engineering.
• Senior / Principal title will be assigned based on the experience of the candidate.
• 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.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.

The Salary Range for this position is $98,000-$170,000. Actual salary offered to candidate will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, work location, relevant candidates’ experience, education, and specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Benefits: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Professional development opportunities.
• This position is eligible to receive restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and cash bonuses, solely at MACOM’s discretion, subject to individual and company performance.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process, please call [phone] or email [e-mail]. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.