RF Engineer
- Full-time
- Grade: 09
- Employee Group: Permanent
- Global Region: Asia Pacific
Company Description
Smiths Interconnect, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance interconnect solutions. Our products are used in mission-critical applications across industries such as aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and industrial markets. At Smiths Interconnect, we are committed to innovation, quality, and providing cutting-edge solutions that connect the world’s most demanding systems. Smiths Interconnect is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defense, space & aerospace and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
Job Description
- Support, contribute and promote a safe work environment.
- Perform signal integrity simulations for engineering designs on connectors or semiconductor IC chip test sockets or probe heads
- Develops technology and processes for high-speed measurement of test sockets, connectors, PCB’s and other components.
- Designs and develops PCBs and fixtures for testing and characterization of engineering designs.
- Set up machines, equipment and design/develop process fixtures.
- Responsible for prototyping and evaluation of new products in leading edge applications.
- Interprets customer specifications and writes test procedures to qualify new and existing products.
- Recommends capital investments for leading edge technologies that will keep the company on the forefront of the industry.
- Specify tooling and equipment needed to support the production build.
- Provide technical support to organizational stakeholders (Production, Quality, Marketing and Sales).
- Consult with Sales in quoting customer requirements and bid preparation.
- Participate and contribute to team training, development, mentoring and audits.
- Demonstrate behaviors consistent with company policies.
- Coordinates with project team to ensure milestones are achieved and risks are mitigated.
- Provides test plans, schedules and cost work sheets for qualification of new and existing products
- Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment, systems, tools and process to increase organizational efficiency.
- Analyzes and resolves work problems and/or assists others in solving work problems.
- Relies on extensive experience, analytical capacity, problem solving skills/tools and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Qualifications
- General educational, experience and competency requirements defined in current revision of the “Engineering Career Ladder”.
- Knowledge of RF, Digital and Power cables and connectors or related knowledge.
- Familiar using HFSS to perform simulation to generate IL, RL, TDR, and Crosstalk.
- Understanding of RF/Signal Integrity simulations on electric-mechanical structures.
- Understanding of RF/Digital test equipment, software and procedures. Be able to use VNA to perform electrical measurement.
- Ability to perform Root Cause Analysis utilizing standard problem-solving tools and methodologies.
- Knowledge of 3D modeling using drawing and simulation packages.
- Knowledge of PCB design (Plus only)