RF Power Amplifier Design Engineer, Principal

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. To view our facilities, please visit https://www.macom.com/. 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.

Title: RF Power Amplifier Design Engineer Principal

Job Overview:MACOM seeks a highly experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to design solid-state power amplifiers at RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave frequencies. Strong knowledge of analog control circuits, RF hardware, and systems including linear small signal, high-power amplifiers, and transceiver architectures highly desirable. Amplifiers designed will be used across commercial, aerospace and defense markets, as well as space applications.

The successful candidate is a prolific RF designer, with a proven rack record of product development, a great communicator, and devoted to improving the state of the art of modern RF systems.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience designing UHF, microwave, or millimeter-wave solid-state amplifiers.
• Experience in the use of design tools such as Microwave Office, ADS, or other similar tools.
• Ability to analyze and resolve highly complex technical problems quickly and independently.
• Design experience in meeting Military and High-Rel requirements is desired.
• Ability to work onsite with a team including mechanical engineers, process engineers, and electrical engineers.
• Ability to work in a lab environment to test and verify amplifier designs against rigid specifications.
• Must be able to clearly communicate both verbally and in writing.
• BS degree in electrical engineering or equivalent and 10+ years of applicable experience is desired, or MS and 6+ years.
• Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.

Other Special Skills:

• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Self-motivated with strong planning and organizational skills.
• Strong Analytical skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to work within a team environment.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.