Senior Engineer, RF

LEGO Group • Boston, MA

80d • $113,000 - $169,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Creative Play Lab and invent ground-breaking new play opportunities and never-seen-before creative experiences for LEGO fans of today and tomorrow! As a senior individual contributor in our Hardware Engineering group, you'll be operating on a global scale in a newly developed team within the Play Engineering organization in Product Innovation and Design at the LEGO Group in Boston! The Senior RF Engineer plays an important individual contributor role in the Electronics Engineering function in our Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineering team. This team operates on a global scale within the Play Engineering organization in Product & Marketing Development at the LEGO Group. LEGO Play Engineering is expanding our global footprint to help advance groundbreaking innovations that will redefine the future of play for the builders of tomorrow. You will be a subject matter expert in electromagnetic and wireless technologies, partnering with design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and suppliers to design high performance systems that are manufacturable and reliable. You will be exposed to varied projects with unique technical challenges and entrusted with delivering high quality RF features that our customers expect from a brand like the LEGO Group's. This is a high impact and high visibility role within the organization.

Requirements

• Vast experience in RF/electromagnetic systems and circuit design roles that involve creating specifications, designing and characterizing hardware, performing validation, and supporting regulatory certification in high volume, cost-sensitive consumer applications.
• Practical experience in implementing hardware for wireless and near-field communication standards commonly used in low-cost consumer electronics.
• Hands-on proficiency in designing, simulating, characterizing, and tuning antennas in varied topologies and form factors for performance (range, efficiency, Q, etc) and regulatory compliance.
• Experience using test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, current problems, LISNs, oscilloscopes, anechoic chambers, and protocol-specific testers.
• Track record of strong organizational and written/verbal communications skills on global engineering efforts involving both internal and 3rd party partner companies.
• Ability to travel as necessary, roughly 15-30 days per year.

Nice To Haves

• A builder with passion for creatively using technology as a vehicle to deliver truly awesome play experiences to children around the world.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior individual contributor in the RF and magnetics requirements development, design, verification, characterization, tuning, and certification of radio and electromagnetic subsystems in complex mechatronic toys.
• Design, simulate (COMSOL, QSPICE), prototype, characterize, and optimize RF and electromagnetic circuits and antennas operating across a variety of frequency ranges.
• Develop and execute comprehensive RF test plans for design verification using equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, protocol analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, anechoic chambers, and protocol-specific testers.
• Ensure products meet global radio, EMC, and immunity regulatory requirements (FCC, CE, IC, JRL, CCC, etc) by implementing EMC mitigation techniques, running pre-compliance tests, updating designs as necessary, and supporting final regulatory compliance efforts.
• Work in tight collaboration with other hardware group functional team members (e.g. Mechanical and Embedded Engineering) from Boston, Denmark, and Singapore.

Benefits

• Family Care Leave - Enhanced paid leave options for important times.
• Insurances - Life and disability insurance coverage.
• Wellness - Access to the Headspace App and wellbeing initiatives.
• Colleague Discount - Generous colleague discount from day 1.
• Bonus - Eligibility for a global bonus scheme.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees