What are the responsibilities and job description for the RF Product Engineer position at MACOM?
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. Go to www.macom.com 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.
Product Engineer
MACOM Commercial RF business is growing rapidly and we are hiring a RF Product Engineer to join our team responsible for RF products for the Commercial RF business. Job will be located in Mesa, Arizona or Morgan Hill, California. You will be part of a strong cross-functional team that has a focus on new products. You will work with industry leading GaN-on-SiC technology in a rapidly growing semiconductor products company with a long-term vision for success. You will be able to grow your potential in a high visibility role with great opportunities for career development and progression. We are investing in innovation, new technology, and the growth of our talent to ensure sustainable success.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The RF Product Engineer will be a key interface between the RF product line and support organizations including operations, reliability, quality, test engineering, and procurement. As the product line representative on a cross functional team, they will ensure the setup of an effective and efficient supply chain, including the development of processes and workflows, to enable fast time to market. As such, they will interface with several internal and outsourced manufacturing and test sites across the World. Furthermore, the RF Product Engineer will ensure a smooth transition of new product into production in a market that requires very steep production ramps. They will closely monitor newly released products through the production lifecycle. In addition, with the strong background of the applicant in statistical analysis and design, they will support new product development with design of experiments (DOEs). They will define ATE characterization test plans, generate characterization reports, and perform statistical data analysis to establish production test limits. The role will expand to also entail sustaining product engineering tasks such as studies and reviews on vendor performance and quality as well as driving yield improvement and cost reduction projects.
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, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.
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. Go to www.macom.com 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.
Product Engineer
MACOM Commercial RF business is growing rapidly and we are hiring a RF Product Engineer to join our team responsible for RF products for the Commercial RF business. Job will be located in Mesa, Arizona or Morgan Hill, California. You will be part of a strong cross-functional team that has a focus on new products. You will work with industry leading GaN-on-SiC technology in a rapidly growing semiconductor products company with a long-term vision for success. You will be able to grow your potential in a high visibility role with great opportunities for career development and progression. We are investing in innovation, new technology, and the growth of our talent to ensure sustainable success.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The RF Product Engineer will be a key interface between the RF product line and support organizations including operations, reliability, quality, test engineering, and procurement. As the product line representative on a cross functional team, they will ensure the setup of an effective and efficient supply chain, including the development of processes and workflows, to enable fast time to market. As such, they will interface with several internal and outsourced manufacturing and test sites across the World. Furthermore, the RF Product Engineer will ensure a smooth transition of new product into production in a market that requires very steep production ramps. They will closely monitor newly released products through the production lifecycle. In addition, with the strong background of the applicant in statistical analysis and design, they will support new product development with design of experiments (DOEs). They will define ATE characterization test plans, generate characterization reports, and perform statistical data analysis to establish production test limits. The role will expand to also entail sustaining product engineering tasks such as studies and reviews on vendor performance and quality as well as driving yield improvement and cost reduction projects.
- Works closely with cross functional teams including product management, marketing, design, operations, reliability, quality, test engineering, and procurement.
- Defines, identifies, manages, and streamlines processes and workflows
- Statistical analysis of data for new and sustaining product, including Cpk analysis and setting of specification limits.
- Works with marketing, reliability and quality teams to develop reliability qualification plans.
- Generates characterization reports.
- Correlates test systems.
- Identifies opportunities for quality improvement, yield improvement and cost reduction.
- Defines and drives yield improvement and cost reduction projects.
- Reviews assembly documents for accuracy and design for manufacturability.
- Analyzes and monitors PCM and unit probe data from internal and external foundries.
- Manages inventory for prototype builds across several factories and projects.
- Travel will be required.
- BSc or MSc in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial), Physics
- 2 years experience in product engineering for RF components
- Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes
- Experience collaborating with external frontend and backend manufacturing partners
- Experience with DC and RF test is a plus
- Strong background in statistical analysis
- Proficient in the use of statistical analysis software packages such as JMP
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, result oriented growth business
- This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.
- Experience in product engineering of GaN-SiC power amplifiers
- Experience with semiconductor quality systems
- Knowledge of GaN-SiC semiconductor device physics
- Experience with device failure analysis techniques
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, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.
