RF Engineer, Advanced

Zebra Technologies•Holtsville, NY

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Advanced Location Technology (ALT) RF Development Team is responsible for the design of next generation RFID and Location products for the Industrial, Healthcare, and Sports Markets. Products incorporate a diverse set of location technologies including: UHF RFID, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), WWAN and Wi-Fi, to locate assets and people. Members of the hardware team design the RFID readers, Antennas, UWB tags, beacons, receivers, hubs, etc. that are the key hardware components in the overall location solutions. Products developed by this group include Zebras Handheld and Fixed RFID Readers in addition to UWB tags and receivers which are used to track all NFL football players and balls at all NFL games at all stadiums. Design engineers must be creative in applying the latest technologies to solving difficult locationing problems with cost effective, accurate, and reliable hardware and firmware. The Advanced RF Design Engineer will be responsible for developing products from inception to production release. Designs may consist of RF systems and board level designs of radio transmitters and receivers in the 800MHz-8GHz range, RF Front Ends, and RF sub-systems and Antennas. Other responsibilities include support for manufacturing, design and/or specification of antennas, and documentation including specifications, user manuals, and test procedures. The candidate will work with other in-house RF, Antenna, Electrical, Mechanical and Firmware Engineers as well as off-shore Joint-Development-Partners (JDMs) in the design and manufacture of these Advanced Location Technology products. This role is a hybrid position and requires a minimum of three days per week in our Holtsville, NY office. Zebra reserves the right to modify your work location based on business need.

Requirements

Bachelors degree and 5+ years experience or Masters degree and 4+ years experience
Experienced board level RF circuit designer.
Capable of RF Circuit tuning, troubleshooting
Experience with Antenna design and measurements.
Must be familiar with VNA’s, Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, RF Power Meters.

Nice To Haves

RF design experience in the 800MHz to 8GHz range
RF Design experience for UHF RFID Readers a big plus
Experience with RF Power Amplifier design and measurements.
Familiar with RF Receiver design and measurements.
RF System level design experience(RFID, UWB)
Experience with ADS, CST, Cadence design tools
Experience with WWAN/BLE/Wi-Fi/LoRa/GPS RF design

Responsibilities

Establishes requirements for highly complex RF design projects and may lead a team responsible for establishing requirements.
Responsible for RF Receiver and Transmitter design, analysis and product integration.
Architects and designs highly complex RF design projects.
Completes all phases of the projects.
Follows through on all in-process and final inspection activities
Responsible for RF system implementation throughout a product design cycle.
Responsible for design of Power Supplies, and other supporting circuits.
Responsible for part selection, prototyping, factory bring up and lab bench debug and root cause analysis.
Work with internal cross-functional teams and external JDM/CMs to successfully bring RFID products to market.
Support EMI/EMC trouble shooting and validation.
Architects, designs, and supports development, and testing of RF design solutions to several highly- complex technical projects.
Creates specifications and provides input for product requirements.
Contributes to technology roadmap process.
Prioritizes quality and seek out improvements in all aspects of the RF projects.
Domestic/international travel to achieve program milestones may be required.
Uses status as a knowledge leader in RF design and functional knowledge across multiple engineering disciplines and program management to provide technical leadership to a given program
Defines requirements for and may design complex new tools to aid in the analysis and solving of complex problems
Initiates cross-company collaboration and develops positive relationships with other engineering disciplines
Exercises judgment (within broadly defined policies and practices) in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
May coordinate the activities of other personnel
Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise.
Interacts with management and senior customer personnel on matters requiring coordination across organizational lines.
Represent the organization as the principal customer contact and often performs project leadership