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.
Senior MMIC Design Engineer
Job Description:
As part of a fast-moving team, the Senior Design Engineer will report directly to the Design Engineering Director. The product focus is on MMIC amplifiers including LNAs, power amplifiers, and distributed wideband amplifiers. The role will allow for significant exposure to and mentoring from Distinguished members of technical staff within the group who are renowned experts in their fields. This is an outstanding environment for a senior level engineer to learn and expand their skill set and capabilities in an engineering focused company which encourages and supports career progression.
Responsibilities:
- Designing GaAs MMICs that comply with initial specifications, thorough simulations, managing the project to validation, supporting the manufacturing release and qualification.
- Working with customers, product management, product engineers, test engineers and applications engineering.
Qualifications:
- Solid working knowledge of GaAs MMIC design techniques.
- Demonstrated design experience in a number of the following topologies: Travelling wave amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, gain blocks, variable gain amplifiers, power amplifiers, power detectors. Experience in the design of other functional blocks (mixers, attenuators, phase shifters, multipliers, low additive phase noise amplifiers etc) is a plus.
- Familiarity with methods of thermal analysis.
- Solid working knowledge of simulation and layout tools (ADS design software including EM simulation).
- Knowledge of all characterization equipment and techniques required to characterize the listed devices.
- Ability and willingness to characterize products hands on in the lab when required to meet project schedules.
- Definition of specifications, development of test plans, working with technicians to execute characterization testing.
- B.S. plus 5 years of engineering work experience.
- M.S. plus 2 years of engineering work experience.
- Ph.D. showing relevant MMIC design experience.
The Salary Range for this position is $84,000 – $136,000 annually. Actual salary offered to candidate will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, work location, relevant candidates’ experience, education, and specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.
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.
