RF/Microwave Product Engineer I — From Lab to Production

MACOM; Nashua (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

MACOM in Nashua, NH, is seeking an entry‑level Product Engineer to support the introduction and manufacture of complex RF, microwave, and millimeter‑wave module products. You will work with experienced engineers to move designs into production, gain hands‑on RF measurements, test systems, data analysis, and documentation, while collaborating across engineering and manufacturing teams.

Join MACOM to build a career around RF technology, learning how prototypes move into repeatable production while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical 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

• Assist in introducing new RF, microwave, and millimeter‑wave module products into manufacturing.
• Set up and perform RF and DC measurements using equipment such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, and digital 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 the causes of test failures, unexpected performance, and low‑yield conditions.
• Review electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, assembly drawings, test procedures, and bills of materials.
• Assist with product characterization over frequency, temperature, power, bias, and other operating conditions.
• Help prepare test procedures, characterization reports, production instructions, and product‑release documentation.
• Participate in design reviews, manufacturing reviews, yield reviews, and technical problem‑solving meetings.
• Work directly with technicians and engineers in a hands‑on laboratory and manufacturing environment.
• Support continuous improvement of product quality, test repeatability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Learn statistical techniques used to establish test limits, evaluate variation, and monitor production performance.
• Contribute to a cooperative team environment in which engineers share knowledge and help one another solve difficult technical problems.

Skills

RF engineering

Microwave engineering

Electromagnetics

Data analysis

Technical communication

Python

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field

Tools

Vector network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Test fixtures

Data acquisition

Job description

MACOM in Nashua, NH, is seeking an entry‑level Product Engineer to support the introduction and manufacture of complex RF, microwave, and millimeter‑wave module products. You will work with experienced engineers to move designs into production, gain hands‑on RF measurements, test systems, data analysis, and documentation, while collaborating across engineering and manufacturing teams.

Join MACOM to build a career around RF technology, learning how prototypes move into repeatable production while