Engineering Lab Technician

Engineering Lab Technician

Summary of Role :

MACOM is seeking a self-motivated, enthusiastic engineering lab technician to join and contribute to our growing engineering lab developing breakthrough high power RF devices.

Job Description :

• Perform PCB assembly using solder dispense, hot plate, and heat gun to maintain quality builds.
• Background in PCB repair and modification is a plus.
• The ability to solder small case size (01005 and 0201) components to evaluation boards or within package with use of a microscope is desired.
• Desirable to have a background working with RF and microwave products that operate from DC to 18 GHz. Product background should consist of a working knowledge of driver amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, and high-power amplifiers.
• Requires working with designers to support tuning / improving / changing the products mentioned to present solutions for desired customer / engineering requirements.
• Use of lumped elements such as capacitors, inductors, and resistors to perform product tuning or enhancement with support from the engineering team.
• Desirable to have a background and a working knowledge of how to operate and perform test setups using such equipment as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, pulse generators, power supplies, power meters / sensors, and multimeters.
• Maintain a clean workspace and help organize lab / stock when needed.
• Troubleshooting both to the component level and test system setups and applying solid problem-solving techniques to resolve issues in a timely manner are expected.
• Understanding of IC layouts, circuit schematics, and block diagrams are desired for this position to help support communication with designers.

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