RF Test Automation Engineer

Comtech Telecommunications Corp•Chandler, AZ

41d

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced RF Test Engineer that will collaborate across Engineering teams to bring advanced Satellite Communication products to market. The RF Test Engineer position is responsible for automating verification and validation testing and ensuring engineering designs meet product specifications prior to market release. The duties of a successful team member include developing test plans, procedures, test automation and performing validation testing on satellite communication equipment such as Solid-State Amplifiers (SSPA's), Multi-Band Transceivers, and Block Up-Converters (BUC's) across C, X, Ku and Ka bands.

Requirements

Understanding of modern satellite communications and RF engineering.
Experience automating test equipment over remote GPIB, Ethernet, RS-232 and SNMP.
Experience with RF related test equipment.
Experience with RF calibration automaton.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related work experience is required.
Minimum 10 + years of experience with test equipment and software, such as Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Phase Noise Analyzers, Signal Source Analyzers and Signal Generators
Minimum 5+ years of experience in programming in Python preferred

Responsibilities

Ability to take system, hardware and software level requirements and develop verification test procedures.
Creation and setup of test fixtures and test stations.
Ability to create, interpret, modify programming source code in multiple languages such as Python, C++ and Labview for automated test software.
Supports Integration and Test, Design Verification, First Article and Production test.
Ability to troubleshoot moderate to complex satellite communication equipment and firmware.
Responsible for testing advanced product features and test methods to include but not limited to the following:
Ability to develop and automate RF calibration routines.
Experience with RF test methods and developing test automation for:
Frequency Response
Gain Flatness and Stability
P1-dB Compression
Third Order Intermodulation
Harmonics and Spurious Emissions
Noise Figure
Phase Noise
Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)
Reports, tracks and monitors product performance, capabilities, and defects.
Writes technical reports and develops charts, graphs, and schematics to describe and illustrate system's operating characteristics, malfunctions, deviations from design specifications, and functional limitations.