Test Engineer

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Test Engineer

Job Description:

• Test and troubleshoot RF devices and modules using automated test equipment and circuit design documentation.
• Support and teach test technicians how to perform various written test procedures.
• Build automated test systems to be used for MACOM products.
• Maintain automated testing software solutions used in manufacturing.
• Document and maintain test procedures as required.
• Support Manufacturing Test for a variety of products, discrete devices to modules.
• Facilitate new product transitions from engineering to manufacturing.
• Work closely with and provide feedback to design and manufacturing engineers.
• Perform calibration and test while troubleshooting product.
• Analyze test data and write formal reports on findings.
• Determine root-cause of test failures to ensure manufacturing or design issues are understood.
• Develop and implement enhancements as part of continuous improvement.

Technical Requirements:

• Understand RF and digital hardware architectures and design.
• Able to debug RF systems.
• Experience with VNAs, Spectrum Analyzers and RF/DC automation, semiconductor testing, and measurement techniques is highlydesirable.
• Be able to communicate engineering concepts clearly and concisely.
• Able to analyze parametric data and make sense of what it represents in the real world.
• Software development expertise including writing, editing, and debugging VB, C#, Python, etc.

Qualifications:

• US Citizenship is required due to ITAR restrictions
• BS/MS in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 3+years of previous semiconductor test experience preferred