Description
RF Characterization Engineer opportunity to join a leading semiconductor organisation based in The Netherlands. Based in the RF Small Signal product line department, who develop and supply RF products for a wide variety of consumer and infrastructure application worldwide. This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly innovative R and D focused organisation within the semiconductor industry.Responsibilities
* As Characterization Engineer (CE), you will be a member of the test and product engineering (TPE) group and will work together with other engineers, including design engineers, test engineers, product engineers and quality engineers, in cross functional product development teams.
* In these teams, the Characterization Engineer is responsible for the development of a laboratory test and characterization setup for new products.
* With this setup, the Characterization Engineer will characterise the RF performance of the products for the specified operating conditions (temperature, supply voltage, etc.) Typical measurements are S-par, OIP3, P1dB, NF, PhN, Spurs, etc.
* Data analysis, including embedding/de-embedding and reporting on the measured performance is a key responsibility of the Characterization Engineer
Education:
* Masters (or Bachelor`s degree with relevant RF experience) (WO/HBO+) in Electrical Engineering.
Required experience and skills:
* Strong technical background in the field of electronics in the RF domain.
* Experience in Characterization Engineering is an essential.
* Experience with RF test and measurement equipment (RF generators, Network analyzers, etc).
* Knowledge of NI Labview and/or HP Vee.
* Experience with RF test circuit (test jig) design is a big plus.
* Pro-active, result-driven mentality.
This is an initial contract position until the end of 2013 with possible extensions.