Hardware Application Engineer

Talent Space is looking for a permanent fulltime Hardware Applications Engineer for their Top 100 Semiconductor client in Santa Clara/San Jose.

The team is looking for an enthusiastic, self-driven Hardware Applications Engineer to evaluate leading-edge prototype RF/mmwave silicon, provide technical support to internal and external customers, lead the creation of customer facing collateral such as datasheets, evaluation kits, white papers and perform electro-optical characterizations.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Hands-on efficient evaluation of prototype silicon, including electro-optical measurements.
• Laboratory Automation and control of RF/mmwave wafer prober and measurement equipment.
• Develop product collateral such as datasheets, evaluation boards & evaluation software.
• Provide technical support (pre- and post-sale) to internal and external customers.
• Contribute to new product definitions in collaboration with other disciplines, internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with corporate cross-functional teams on advanced developments.
• Mentor junior application engineers.

Education & Experience

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering + 10 years of experience, or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering + 7 years of experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering + 5 years of experience.
• Hands-on experience with wafer probing of RFIC's > 20GHz.
• Experience with measurement automation in python, C or similar.
• Experience with creation of IC product collateral (datasheets, evaluation boards, etc.).
• Familiar with RF board level design & layout practices.
• Experience with technical customer support.
• Good understanding of fiber optic communication systems & O/E components is required.

Skills

• Ability to perform hands-on RFIC (20GHz+) measurements of CMOS and SiGe BICMOS RF/mmW amplifiers.
• Excellent understanding of S-parameters, transmission lines, linearity measurements and wafer RF probing.
• Lab equipment such as VNAs, PNAs, Spectrum Analyzers, AWGs, DCAs and other test equipment used in the validation of high-speed ICs.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python
• General understanding of wired and optical communication systems & signal processing is preferred (FFE equalizers, communication channel SNR analysis, PAM4, QPSK, 16QAM)
• Basic understanding of optical devices (lasers, Mach-Zehnder modulators, EMLs, silicon photonics) is desirable.
• Optical Coherent system knowledge is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of microcontroller, DSP, and/or FPGA programming is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills and strong independence.
• Self-motivated with innovative thinking.