SUMMARY: Designs and develops next generation hardware, supports signal integrity testing and verification, and creates test requirements, specifications, validation plans, reports and test procedures to assist in the design and development of solutions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Other duties may be assigned.

• Reviews project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Drafts detail drawings or sketches to request parts fabrication by machine, PCB, sheet metal or shops for test fixtures.
• Devises, fabricates, assembles and tests new or modified mechanical components or assemblies for products or to obtain data for development, standardization, and quality control.
• Analyzes indicated and calculated test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modifies or adjusts product/equipment to meet specifications.
• Records test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test method.
• Develops models with electromagnetic field solvers: Primarily Ansoft HFSS, CST Microwave studio. Secondarily, Ansoft Q3D and SIwave. Simulates model with Agilent ADS or SPICE. Ensures the accuracy of models used for simulation.
• Perform and develop VNA/TDR measurement techniques to validate models and simulations.
• Collaborate with package, PCB, and silicon designers to complete measurement-simulation correlation projects.
• Feedback learning from measurement-simulation correlation investigations to improve best practices for modeling and simulation.
• Understand and apply transmission-line and electromagnetic-field theory; VNA/TDR measurements; statistical simulators for serial data (SerDes) links; dual-Dirac and other jitter models and insertion loss, return loss, cross talk, BER, jitter, and statistical eye diagrams.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Requires knowledge typically acquired through:

• Completion of a Bachelors degree in engineering from a four year college or university, technical or vocational school,
• Three to twelve years related experience or training, and / or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Specifically 5 years of experience RF/Microwave Circuit and PCB design
• 5 Experience with TDR,VNA, DSO and BERT's in testing high speed cable assemblies and interconnects
• Experience with test equipment automation (GPIB, RS-232, Modbus, Ethernet, USB) and Microsoft Visual Studio C# object oriented programming along with PCIE, Fiber Channel, Infiniband and Ethernet Specifications and the use of design tools such as Altium Designer, AutoCAD, and ProE.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and groups of employees.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and the ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, and controls, and reach with arms and hands. The employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, and travel is limited to less that 20%.
[Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability/Vet]
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