HW Development Engineer

Anritsu Company•Morgan Hill, CA

About The Position

Anritsu is a provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions. Anritsu engages customers as true partners to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as multidimensional service assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimization. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for emerging and legacy wireline and wireless technologies used in commercial, private, military/aerospace, government, and other markets. To learn more visit www.anritsu.com and follow Anritsu on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Anritsu is committed to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to all employees. We offer standard benefits such as major medical, vision and dental coverage, life insurance, Employee Assistance Plan, Flexible Spending Accounts, a generous 401(k) Matching Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, and profit sharing. Our benefit package is designed to positively impact all aspects of your life; to help you and your family succeed; and to maintain our status as a “perfect job.” Come find out what Anritsu has to offer you! As a Hardware Development Engineer based in Morgan Hill, CA you will have responsibility for design and development of circuits for our state of the art test and measurement instrumentation. This position will be reporting to the Project Manager based in Morgan Hill, CA

Requirements

BSEE, MSEE or equivalent technical experience
8+ years of experience in design of Analog/RF and Mixed-Signal circuits and systems
Experience designing frequency synthesizers at microwave frequencies
Design experience with Phase-locked loops, Frequency Conversion, Filters, A/D and D/A converters
Experience with low phase noise architectures, design methodologies, and measurement techniques
Experience with developing frequency plans
Experience with DDS based references
Experience with spur prediction and spur dodging techniques
Experience with FM, PM, AM implementations
Skilled in designing lumped and distributed filters
Skilled in developing Automatic Level Control (ALC) systems
Skilled in the operations of microwave test equipment such as Vector Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, and Synthesizers
Experience with broadband RF and microwave systems
Adept in hands-on troubleshooting of analog and RF circuits
Expert working experience with schematic entry and PCB design tools
Proficient with simulators such as SPICE and Microwave Office (or similar)
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
Ability to clearly communicate hardware requirements and functionalities to software engineers
Able to work independently
Self-starter and quick learner
Balancing theory, experience and practice to solve technical problems

Nice To Haves

Experience with digital designs requiring moderate clock rates a plus
Experience with CST and HFSS a plus

Responsibilities

Designing and Developing high performance microwave frequency synthesizers
Developing and communicating frequency tuning and amplitude leveling algorithms to team members
Analog/RF and Mixed-Signal board circuit design and development
Translation high-level instrument specifications into performance requirements at the module level
Creating block diagrams and schematics of designs from project requirements
Perform system calculations where necessary such as NF, TOI, phase noise, and power consumption
RF and microwave circuits and systems design
Managing necessary PCB layouts and mechanical portions of design
Prototype bring-up and debugging, and functional verification
Developing test specifications from test data and assisting product transition to manufacturing