Akkodis is hiring: Senior Radio Frequency Design Engineer in New York

Position Summary

The Sr. RF Design Engineer provides senior contribution to the company’s CATV MMIC Engineering Product development activities. This role will focus on delivering creative designs exceeding customer expectations and being highly manufacturable to agreed specifications within time and budget constraints.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for implementing a device perturbation and sensitivity analysis process to insure highest possible production yields, meeting deadlines, and resolving performance issues along the way.


• Design and develop RF & Microwave circuits, components, and sub-assemblies, in particular power amplifiers for the CATV market. Modify existing designs to improve performance, quality, manufacturability, production yields, cost, etc.


• Work with packaging engineers to develop and verify thermal models for various design options. Oversee trips to thermal measurement facilities to gather data.


• Direct and manage the performance of the groups circuit & component analysis and simulation effort using industry MWO, ADS, HFSS and other CAD tools.


• Research & utilize latest techniques & approaches, analyze user input, identify, and establish performance standards. Develop process and procedures to verify and validate designs through simulations, tests, and reliability studies.


• Oversee Multi-Project Wafers (MPW) reticles and associated designs are done in timely manner and ensure IC layouts are completed with clean DRC. Train younger engineers in details of IC layout and reticle preparation.


• Serve as technical support to Production & Marketing departments on new and existing designs.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Mentor junior technical staff.


• Actively participate in design review meetings.


• Provide technical vision and direction to ensure the development team is aligned with the strategy of the company.

The duties, responsibilities and expectations described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the member, within the scope of the position.

Qualifications

• BSEE with minimum 10 years’ experience.


• MSEE with minimum of 5 years’ management experience


• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in CATV amplifier component design including RF bench experience.


• Deep knowledge of RF amplifier distortion, measurement techniques, and mitigation approaches.


• Ability to “Lead from the Bench” junior designers with demonstrated hands-on bench skills in RF disciplines, including fine soldering of SMT components, RF measurements, calibration techniques, and rapid prototyping. Ability to create designs and solutions across a multitude of daily challenges and ability to encourage and lead others in the same creative spirit.


• Strong knowledge of circuit simulation concepts. Ability to merge theory with practice on the bench.


• Professional and positive approach, self-motivated, strong in building relationships, team player, dynamic, creative with the ability to work on own initiative.


• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills.


• Experience working for an ISO company that practices LEAN manufacturing.


• “Out of the box thinker” must be key driver willing to take innovative product risk while balancing the road map for on time deliverables.

Benefits

• 401K


• PTO/Paid Holidays

Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000 per year

Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid)

Type: Direct Hire

Seniorities and Employment

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level


• Employment type: Full-time


• Industries: Manufacturing

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• The California Fair Chance Act


• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance


• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers


• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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