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Principal Applications Engineer

MACOM
Lowell, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/20/2026
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 75 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 represent 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.

Principal Applications Engineer

Position Overview:

Test on a PNA or PNA-X, including using a probe station. Measure with load pull systems. Probe devices up to 120GHz. Design and build supporting hardware for MACOM products such as evaluation boards, reference designs, and application circuits. Update data sheets with application-related information. Contribute to design reviews and other technical meetings. Creative, strong team player who enjoys solving technical problems. Set up equipment and measuring devices in the lab. Create technical presentations, data packages, and other technical collateral to help customers. Heavily involved in customer calls, instills trust and confidence, and are comfortable discussing technical issues. Prepare and present technical analysis/data to management as it pertains to customer inquiries. Mentor colleagues. Collaborate with the design team for new product releases. Collaborate with the quality team to support any issues that customers have. Travel required up to 25% for internal meetings and client sites.

Job Requirements:

Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or a directly related field plus seven (7) years of engineering experience in the semiconductor field.

Must have at least five (5) years of experience with the following:

  • RF, Microwave, and MMW products.
  • Waveguide test components.
  • Noise parameter extraction.
  • Pulsed IV measurements.
  • One of the following EDA tools: Keysight ADS, Keysight EMPro, HFSS, AWR.

Alternatively, the employer will accept a master’s degree plus five (5) years of electrical engineering experience in the semiconductor field in lieu of Bachelor’s plus seven (7) years of engineering experience in the semiconductor field. Travel required up to 25% for internal meetings and client.

Qualified applicants please submit resume to https://macomtech.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home?c=macomtech Requisition ID 3032. MACOM Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.

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.

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