Senior RF Hardware Engineer - High-Frequency Data Systems

HORIBA; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Medical insurance

Dental & vision

Job summary

HORIBA Instruments seeks an experienced RF engineer to design and validate high-frequency data-acquisition hardware for automotive, medical, and environmental applications. You will design RF circuits, build prototypes, run simulations, and optimize PCB layouts for RF performance.

You will work with CAD/EDA tools and RF test equipment, and produce schematics, layout guidelines, test procedures, and verification reports to support a reliable product line.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in RF data acquisition or RF power control hardware design.
• Proficiency in RF simulation and design tools such as Comsol, Cadence, Mentor, Ansys, SPICE.
• Hands-on experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators.
• Familiarity with PCB layout techniques for RF and high-speed data acquisition circuits, Mentor Graphics or Cadence schematic capture and PCA-PCB layout experience preferable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Designs RF circuits, probes/sensors and systems for high-frequency (kHz to GHz) data acquisition of voltage, current, impedance signals used on RF generators and matches networks used for plasma etch or remote plasma processing equipment.
• Conducts simulation, analysis, and modeling of RF circuits using Multiphysics, CAE or other types of simulators like Comsol, Cadence, Ansys, SPICE, etc.
• Prototypes, tests, and validates RF hardware designs in laboratory environments.
• Collaborates with PCB designers to ensure RF layout guidelines are followed for optimal performance.
• Characterizes and optimizes RF components such as amplifiers, filters, spectrum analyzer ADC’s, and other power/ data acquisition components.
• Generates documentation including schematics, PCB layout guidelines, test procedures, and design verification reports.

Skills

RF circuit design

RF data acquisition

RF power control

RF simulation tools

Comsol

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Ansys

SPICE

RF PCB layout

High-speed data

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Ansys

SPICE

Comsol

Job description

HORIBA Instruments seeks an experienced RF engineer to design and validate high-frequency data-acquisition hardware for automotive, medical, and environmental applications. You will design RF circuits, build prototypes, run simulations, and optimize PCB layouts for RF performance.

You will work with CAD/EDA tools and RF test equipment, and produce schematics, layout guidelines, test procedures, and verification reports to support a reliable product line.