NFC RF Design Engineer

Do you have a passion for taking on big challenges Do you love pushing the limits of whats considered feasible As part of our Wireless Hardware group youll be responsible for bringing groundbreaking wireless connectivity to the world. On this team youll help improve the performance of our products through innovative system-on-chip designs. You and your team will build platform architecture that paves the way for all-new experiences including the ones that allow people to take advantage of our innovations in sensor technology. Together our goal is to ensure nothing stands in the way of our customers connections with their devices. Join us and help build world-renowned wireless systems that connect customers to their world like never before.

We have built the best RF hardware design team on the planet and were looking for a talented individual to join our team. We support Wi-Fi Bluetooth NFC GPS and emerging technologies. As an NFC Hardware Design Engineer you will contribute to the architecture design and implementation of next generation NFC solutions in established as well as new product categories. You will be responsible for all aspects of Hardware Design for a given product including specifications conducted performance and manufacturability.

Daily tasks include:nSchematic CapturenPCB Fit/Placement; drive PCB layoutnBring-up/Bench testing designs and dev. HardwarenRadio Tuning and MatchingnFactory prototype build support and training (15% travel)nFailure Analysis nCommunicate proactively with internal cross-functional teams (e.g. System EE/Integration Product Design Antenna Design etc.)nCommunicate with outside vendors to help define components and drive technical issues to closure

B.S. (or significant equivalent experience) and 10 years of relevant industry experience

Radio Design experience preferably high-volume consumer electronicsnSolid understanding of NFC systems including NFC theory of operation (especially active load modulation) NFC circuit design NFC antenna design considerations EMVCo specs understanding of RF fundamentals including Noise Figure Sensitivity/De-sense Error Vector Magnitude IIP3 Harmonics Smith Charts u0026 Tuning Networks Transmission lines -on bench level experience with VNAs spectrum analyzers and other general lab equipmentnModeling tools like SPICE to model transformer networksnModerate soldering skills