Principal Applications Engineer

Qorvo, Inc.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Qorvo, Greensboro, NC, is seeking a Principal Applications Engineer to lead RF design efforts, coordinate US and international engineering teams, and ensure customer requirements are reflected in designs.

The role requires a strong RF testing background, WiFi/DPD expertise, and a track record mentoring engineers. Hybrid work is available, with four days in the office and one day optional work-from-home.

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience in semiconductors or radio communication.
• Expertise in RF design, testing, and measurement methods.
• Experience with WiFi 802.11 and Digital Pre-distortion.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical liaison between US and abroad engineers and customers.
• Mentor junior Application Engineers and Field Application Engineers.
• Publish internal docs detailing new customer standards and architectures.
• Drive measurement method updates to align with RF standards.

Skills

RF design

WiFi 802.11

RF testing

Hardware debugging

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Signal generators

Network analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

PCB layout tools

Job description

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Principal Applications Engineer

Experience Level: Professional

Job Type: Regular

Location

Greensboro, NC, US, 27409

Requisition ID: 10800

Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves multiple high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home/IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace/defense. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how our innovative team is helping connect, protect and power our planet.

DUTIES: As the Principal Applications Engineer, be the technical liaison between US development teams (Application Engineers, RF Design Engineers) and our organization’s application engineers abroad who are working in direct contact with end customers and technical partners. Coordinate the activities at both locations to maximize efficiency and shorten time-to-market of our organization’s Radio Frequency (RF) solutions. This includes working with a number of RF technologies, components, systems, products, and solutions. Additionally, will act as technical leader driving the voice of the customer: ensure customer critical features and specifications are accounted for in the solutions developed by US design teams. Highlight customer change requests and new feature requests early enough to US technical teams in order to maintain the relevance of the products in development. Publish internal documentation detailing new customers’ standards and new architecture choices. Drive changes in measurement methods to keep them aligned to the latest evolutions of RF communication standards. Moreover, responsibilities include mentoring and training junior Application Engineers, and Field Application Engineers on new products and new features. Standardize and document characterization techniques for measurement at the system level. Hybrid: Four days in the office with one day optional may work home.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering and 10 years of experience in thesemiconductor, radio communication, or related fields. Also, 5 years of experience stated herein to involve: (1) RF equipment including, signal generators, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, to perform testing and debugging of product evaluation boards and customer reference design boards; (2) RF circuit design, filter design, impedance matching, and PCB board schematic and layout tools; (3) WiFi IEEE802.11 wireless communication standards and Digital Pre-distortion; (4) platform attachment, validate performance included RF, Throughput, Power consumption. Create design support package and training to support field applications engineers. Support package included datasheet, device revision guide, schematic, layout guide, hardware training guide, and design validation testing performance report; (5) Tier-1 customer support: Design review, RF tuning, internal/external chipset features training, issues debug and root-cause analysis, performance (RF/Throughput/power consumption) improvement, regulatory certification, and mass production yield improvement; (6) perform QDART, QSPR, QRCT, QMINE (find the industry related tools); and (7) WiFi board data file (BDF) tuning on TPC/DPD parameters during RF tuning. Hybrid: Four days in the office with one day optional may work home.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Company.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT QORVO

We are Qorvo. We do more than create innovative RF and Power solutions for the mobile, defense and infrastructure markets – we are a place to innovate and shape the future of wireless communications. It starts with our employees. As a unified global team, we bring a commitment to excellence, growth and a passion for creating what's next. Explore the possibilities with us.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcome all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable law, including race, color, religion, sex (as defined by law), national origin, age, military or veteran status, genetic information, or disability.