Entry-Level RF/Microwave Product Engineer

MACOM; Nashua (NH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

MACOM in Nashua, NH, seeking an entry-level Product Engineer I to support introducing RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave module products into manufacturing. You will work with experienced engineers, perform measurements, develop test plans, and help transition designs to production.

You will gain hands-on RF experience, learn production test equipment, data analysis, and documentation while collaborating with design, test, manufacturing, quality, reliability, and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Academic coursework or project experience involving RF engineering, microwave engineering, electromagnetics, analog electronics, communications, or electronic measurement.
• Familiarity with basic electronic laboratory equipment and measurement practices.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and basic engineering drawings.
• Ability to organize and analyze technical data using tools such as Excel, MATLAB, Python, or similar software.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to spend significant time working directly with hardware in the laboratory and manufacturing areas.
• Curiosity, persistence, and a genuine desire to understand how RF products work.

Responsibilities

• Support the introduction of new RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave module products into manufacturing.
• Assist in developing production test plans that verify electrical performance and product requirements.
• Set up and perform RF and DC measurements using network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, and multimeters.
• Learn to configure and troubleshoot RF test setups, cables, adapters, fixtures, power supplies, control interfaces, and supporting hardware.
• Assist with the design, assembly, documentation, and debugging of RF test boards and fixtures.
• Collect, organize, visualize, and analyze engineering and production test data.
• Support correlation between engineering characterization and manufacturing test results.
• Help identify causes of test failures, unexpected performance, and low-yield conditions.

Skills

Curiosity & problem solving

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Willingness to work in lab/manufacture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Vector network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

C#

Job description

MACOM in Nashua, NH, seeking an entry-level Product Engineer I to support introducing RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave module products into manufacturing. You will work with experienced engineers, perform measurements, develop test plans, and help transition designs to production.

You will gain hands-on RF experience, learn production test equipment, data analysis, and documentation while collaborating with design, test, manufacturing, quality, reliability, and operations teams.