RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate the impact of system noise on the WLAN 802.11abgn/ac and proprietary wireless radios
• Automated TIS measurements in Bluetest reverberation and Satimo chambers, calibrating test systems
• Qualify various EMI gasketing and shielding solutions to mitigate noise
• Disassemble prototype products, change out various internal components, find noise contributors
• Experiment and make hardware modifications to find and eliminate RF noise issues, e.g. copper tape, soldering, design of experiments, etc
• Collect data on multiple prototypes to get statistical desense of population
• Work with automation engineer to automate various types of manual tests
• Use internal and external automated software programs for data collection
• Automated (and manual) near-field probing

• Hands-on experience with RF equipment, cables, connectors, and antennas
• Spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, measurement antennas, and reverb or anechoic chambers
• CMW500 or other signaling test equipment
• Take apart and reassemble consoles, install EMI gaskets, inspect motherboard, chassis, and other components
• Ability to organize and collect data for complex configurations of test conditions and DUTs, and communicate exact results to team
• Run commands and automated tools that require basic cmd usage
• Understanding of wireless system, link budget, TRP and TIS, noise figure, antenna gain and pattern, impedance matching, s-parameters, spurious emissions, shielding, near-field vs far-field
• Flexible to handle last-minute test needs multi-task multiple requests
• BSEE or related, experience desired

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