Hardware Test Engineer - Dallas TX - Global Wireless Company - Excellent R&D Opportunity

Global telecom / wireless company in Dallas, TX - Hardware Test Engineer - R&D Lab

Contractor dream (long-term)

Email resume to: Lacy@WorldLink-US.com

Responsibilities

· Determine FPGA, DDC, ADC, and transceiver configuration loads based on specific test conditions.

· Verify FPGA loads and DDC, ADC, and transceiver configurations on evaluation boards.

· Develop and implement evaluation platform synchronization approach..

· Integrate FPGA, digital downconverter, ADC, and RF transceiver evaluation boards.

· Integrate high speed interfaces between PC, SPI converter, FPGA, and DDC eval boards.

· Develop, assemble, and validate complete receiver demonstration test environment including demonstration platform hardware and test equipment.

· Conduct extensive radiated receiver testing and performance characterization.

Qualifications

· Education – Minimum BSEE

· Experience – Minimum 5 years

· Experience in FPGA configuration and transceiver testing

· Knowledge of RF measurements and RF measurement instruments (signal generator, power meter, network analyzer, VSA)

· Technical writing skills and experience

Power Amplifier Engineer - Dallas, TX

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POWER AMPLIFIER ENGINEER - DALLAS, TX

email: dennis@worldlink-us.com

Global Wireless Leader is searching for a Power Amp Engineer to join its team and creatively develop high efficiency RF power amplifier designs and platforms for broadband wireless systems.

Key player will be experienced developing power amplifier linearization techniques - this is a critical skill (must have), and will conduct schematic capture and PCB layout of RF power amp and other RF circuits.

Additional responsibilities:

Construct non-linear models of power circuits and simulate performance using ADS (linear and harmonic balance)

Optimize power amplifier bias and matching circuits to meet efficiency and linearity requirements

Develop and validate power amplifier line-up analysis against requirements

Conduct testing and verification of power amplifier ACPR, EVM, and PAE

Derive and specify power amplifier and transceiver block performance requirements

Qualifications

1. Background in high power (5 to 50) watt, multi-carrier RF power amplifier designs for common wireless standards using LDMOS, GaAs, and/or GaN devices Experience is optimizing amplifier bias and matching to meet efficiency and linearity requirements
2. Background in schematic capture and RF PCB layout techniques
3. Background in power amplifier linearization techniques such as digital and analog predistortion
4. Background in power amplifier efficiency improvement techniques such as Doherty and envelope tracking
5. Experience developing linear and non-linear ADS models and building simulations using linear and harmonic balance simulators.
6. Working knowledge of RF and power amplifier measurement equipment
7. Knowledge of typical TDD/FDD transmitter architectures
8. Strong specification and documentation skills
9. Strong communication and presentation skills

Sr. Project Engineer - Rainbird, Tucson, AZ

Position: Sr. Project Engineer
Company: Rainbird
Location: Tucson, AZ
Recruiter: Maria Williams (mwilliams@rainbird.com)

This person will have responsibility for the RF design of new product development projects. Responsibilities include project planning and high-level system design. This person must be a strong project leader and is expected to provide technical leadership. He or she may also be required to lead the development effort of one or more significant project. Frequent coordination with and travel to the manufacturing plant in Tijuana is required.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
* Participate in project management activities, including both in-house and external resources
* Participate in all phases of product conceptualization, development, release and support
* Communicate with management to provide information related to project status
* Define product requirements
* Recommend changes, review progress, and approve cost estimates and proposals
* Ensure products meet marketing, manufacturing, and quality objectives
* Ensure project development efforts follow corporate processes and procedures
* Interact regularly with corporate legal council concerning intellectual property and patent issues for new products

Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* 7+ years experience in new product development
* Experience showing increasing level of responsibility in design and project management
* Theoretical and demonstrated knowledge of RF active and passive circuits
* Experience with some or all of the following principles
*RF propagation principles
*Antenna theory and design
*VHF/UHF transmitter and receiver (transceiver) designs (100MHz to 900MHz range).
*RF amplifiers (Power amplifiers and LNAs)
*Oscillator design, impedance matching
*Saw filter experience
*RF board layout, shielding and EMC
* Understanding of RF engineering tools, RF circuit and/or antenna simulation experience
* Understanding of receiver and transmitter design requirements and experience in utilizing the current VHF/UHF transmitter and receiver chips on the market
* Experience in design and development of high volume cost-effective wireless communication links between electronic devices
* Experience with product agency certification (FCC, UL, CSA, CE, etc.)
* BS in Electrical Engineering
* Excellent communication skills

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Advanced engineering degree or MBA
* Success in working with 3rd party suppliers to develop RF circuitry
* Firmware development experience for 8-bit microprocessors using C and assembly language
* Prior experience using embedded processors such as Atmel AVR, Microchip PIC, 8051, etc.
* Experience in use of advanced development tools: PADS, OrCAD, C compilers, ICE, logic analyzers, etc.
* Prior experience implementing communication protocols in low-cost microcontrollers including creating proprietary protocols
* Knowledge of communications methods and techniques including wireless mesh networks, cell phone, and paging
* Experience with the irrigation industry would be an asset

Mobile Browser Developer - Dallas, TX

Mobile Browser Developer - Dallas, TX (Contract)

Self-driven person with good software architecture background in C/C++, COM, .NET, or JAVA-middleware and/or UI frameworks. The perfect candidate will have Browser framework experience (Mozilla for example)

Experience required:

Strong C/C++ background;

Microsoft COM (Component Object Model) and/or CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture);

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

ECMA (Java Script)

Record of architecting and/or leading middleware projects based on the technologies above;

Frosting on the cake:

XUL (XML User-interface Language)

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

XBL (XML binding language)

RDF (Resource Description Framework)

JAVA

Embedded devices experience

Interested? Please forward your resume to Dennis@WorldLink-US.com