Sr. Applications Engineer (7937)

Qorvo - Chelmsford, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Chelmsford, MA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

As a Senior RF Applications/Systems Engineer at Qorvo, you will be part of a high-performing engineering team dedicated to developing advanced RF integrated circuits and modules. Your primary focus will be on components such as Power Amplifiers, RF Filters, Antenna Switches, Signal Routing Switches, and Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs). You will engage in application-oriented technical functions that support design wins, ensuring that our products meet the highest performance standards. Your role will involve optimizing receive (RX) and transmit (TX) components to maximize their performance, working closely with design engineering, characterization engineering, and component-level applications engineers. In this position, you will identify end-application considerations, primarily for mobile handsets, to enhance product definition. You will assist in defining tests and conducting hands-on RF tests to verify the performance of standalone components. Additionally, you will participate in system-level impact analysis, utilizing specialized proprietary test systems to emulate cellular handset transceiver operations for RF performance measurement. Your responsibilities will also include collecting, analyzing, and presenting data on various RF performance metrics, such as linearity, ACLR, harmonics, emissions, system noise, coexistence, sensitivity, efficiency, and calibrations/tuning. Moreover, you will support marketing efforts by analyzing current architectures and the competitive landscape, performing competitive analyses that will help marketing determine next-generation product performance targets. Customer support will also be a key aspect of your role, as you will work with our components to measure and optimize the performance of customer systems, ensuring compliance with system requirements for successful integration into customer products. You will be responsible for collecting and presenting data related to our parts in response to customer inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Join a high-performing engineering team developing advanced RF integrated circuits and modules.
• Perform application-oriented technical functions to support design wins.
• Drive the optimization of RX and TX components to maximize performance.
• Work closely with design engineering, characterization engineering, and component level applications engineers.
• Identify end-application or system level considerations to improve product definition.
• Assist with test definition and hands-on RF tests to verify standalone component performance.
• Participate in system-level impact analysis.
• Utilize specialized test systems to emulate cellular handset transceiver operation for RF performance measurement.
• Collect, analyze, and present data on RF performance metrics such as linearity, ACLR, harmonics, emissions, system noise, coexistence, sensitivity, efficiency, calibrations/tuning.
• Participate in analyses to understand current architectures and competitive landscape for marketing support.
• Perform competitive analyses to determine next generation product performance targets.
• Measure and optimize performance of customer systems to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Collect and present data related to our parts to respond to customer requests.

Requirements

• BSEE or equivalent level of experience and/or training; MSEE preferred.
• Strong educational and practical background in fundamental RF concepts applicable to cellular RF components.
• At least 6 years of related experience in RF/analog engineering.
• Ability to travel domestically, with travel up to 15% during some seasons.
• Excellent technical communication skills.
• Strong RF testing skills with experience in the use of network analyzers, signal analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, and other lab equipment; experience with the R&S CMW is preferred.
• PCB level debug/troubleshooting experience; handset level experience preferred.
• Experience with a programming language such as Python, C#, or VB.NET.
• Experience with a data analysis tool such as Spotfire or Tableau.
• Working knowledge of wireless systems including: 5G, 4G, GSM, LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and UWB.
• Experience with simulation tools such as Matlab, Keysight ADS, and/or NI AWR.
• Working knowledge of performance tradeoffs in RF systems.
• Ability to work in an environment with concurrent tasks that have shifting priorities.