Principal Applications Engineer

Description

SUMMARY: It is an exciting time to be an Application Engineer in the Defense & Aerospace business unit within Qorvo’s High Performance Analog group. Qorvo manufactures and markets high performance RF circuits that connect, protect and power the world. The Applications Engineer supports our customers with recommending and implementing our products in their applications, solving their problems with existing products, generating and maintaining product marketing information. Our customers rely on us to solve the industry’s most complex engineering problems and that takes brain power and willingness to create and innovate. Join us and help us continue to create innovative technologies for a more connected world all around you.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provide technical support for a growing portfolio of RF and Microwave active and passive products for a multitude of applications.
• Contribute to the Applications Engineering team supporting products for Radar, EW, Communication, and Space applications.
• Collaborate with customers and the Sales and Marketing teams to grow Qorvo’s business in the Defense and Aerospace market.
• Determine and evaluate customer requirements for specific applications and recommend the right solutions including assistance with design-in for system integration.
• Troubleshoot as needed for the customer’s systems implementation of Qorvo’s products.
• Work closely with the design team and product line managers to create and maintain product datasheets and application note documentation, product evaluation boards, and training material for customers.
• Work with product line managers to ensure that customer requirements are met with new product introductions.
• Support competitive technical analysis and benchmarking of products.

Required Experience and Skills

REQUIREMENTS:
• BS in Electrical Engineering degree required; MS degree preferred with a focus on RF/Microwave technology.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in RF/Microwave industry as Applications or Design Engineer with working knowledge of GaN and GaAs RF/Microwave semiconductors for discrete and MMIC power amplifiers, LNA, phase shifters, limiters, converters, switches, and filters. Design Engineering experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of using spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzer, oscilloscopes, load pull, and other test equipment as needed.
• Good communication and customer collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team, as well as working on solutions for issues in customer designs
• Occasional travel required.

Desired Experience and Skills

Desired Skills

• Capable of linear/nonlinear simulation using ADS or MWO CAD software.

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