Senior RF engineer (Contract)
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Original job description
We are looking for an engineer to design, implement, and validate a flexible, wideband (greater than 6GHz), high dynamic range (more than 60dB) transceiver RF front end (amplifiers, attenuators, up/downconversion, ADC/DAC) and corresponding clock distribution network (using commercial off the shelf components) to interface with a digital system (FPGA), while effectively communicating the design, progress, challenges, and updates to a broader team.
Mandatory Skills
Experience in all of the following areas:
- High Frequency (>20GHz) RF front end design
- Experience designing analog interfaces to high speed ADCs and DACs (>325MSPS)
- End-to-end experience with design and manufacturing of RF boards (schematic capture, layout, initial bring up)
- Working knowledge of C or C++
Minimum Skills
Experience in at least three of the following areas:
- Transistor based LNA Design (<1.5dB)
- Wideband (DC-6GHz+) RF front end design
- Designing wideband matching networks (>2GHz BW)
- Designing wideband RF networks for RF/LO synthesizers (100MHz-6GHz+)
- Use of network analyzers to determine phase noise issues.
- Characterization and optimization of analog front end design
- Design of phase coherent clock distribution networks supporting >8 end devices
Optional Skills
The following skills are desired but not necessarily required for the position:
- Thermal management and passive cooling
- Familiarity with beam forming techniques
- Familiarity with phased arrays and their RF and analog implementation
- Knowledge of clock distribution and timing with JESD204 standard
- Experience designing low jitter (under 1 picosecond) clock distribution to digital and radio devices
- Experience designing low noise power systems (switching/linear regulators)
- Familiarity with antenna design and selection criteria for wideband or multiband applications
- Experience in development from design to manufacturing
- Experience with open source software
NOTE: This is a contractor position for 6 months with option for +6 month extension.
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Responsibilities
The engineer will design, implement, and validate a wideband, high dynamic range transceiver RF front end and clock distribution network. They are also responsible for effectively communicating design progress, challenges, and updates to the broader team.
Requirements
Candidates must have extensive experience in high-frequency RF front-end design, analog interfaces for high-speed ADCs/DACs, and end-to-end RF board manufacturing. Proficiency in C or C++ and familiarity with wideband RF networks are also required.
Skills
- RF front end design
- High frequency design
- Analog interface design
- ADC
- DAC
- Schematic capture
- PCB layout
- C
- C++
- LNA design
- Wideband matching networks
- Network analyzers
- Phase noise analysis
- Clock distribution
- JESD204
- Power systems
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Categories
- Engineering
- Technology
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- RF
- Transceiver
- Amplifiers
- Attenuators
- Upconversion
- Downconversion
- ADC
- DAC
- FPGA
- High frequency
- Schematic capture
- Layout
- C
- C++
- LNA
- Wideband
- Matching networks
- Synthesizers
- Network analyzers
- Phase noise
- Clock distribution
- Thermal management
- Beam forming
- Phased arrays
- JESD204
- Power systems
- Antenna design
- Manufacturing
- Open source software