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Test Engineering Manager - MMIC

Test Engineering Manager - MMIC

Mini-CircuitsCarlsbad, CA, US
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Test Engineering Manager

The Test Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the team responsible for the development, automation, and execution of complex RF test strategies to support new product introductions (NPI), high-volume manufacturing, and customer validation.

The Test Engineering Manager must have deep expertise in RF Power Amplifier and MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) testing and requires hands-on experience with advanced test equipment, including the Keysight PNAX (PNA-X) network analyzer, OpenTAP automation platform, and scripting proficiency in Python.

Salary Range : $175,000 - $195,000 per year

Job Function

  • Lead and mentor a team of RF test engineers responsible for MMIC and RF PA testing across R&D and production.
  • Develop and maintain automated test systems for RF characterization and validation.
  • Design, implement, and optimize test plans using Keysight PNAX, spectrum analyzers, power meters, and signal generators.
  • Continuously update, optimize and track the work in process view (WIP) of the test engineering team's activities.
  • Build scalable and reusable OpenTAP or other software test sequences integrated with Python scripting for automation and data analysis.
  • Collaborate closely with design, product, and process engineering teams to define test requirements, KPIs, and yield targets.
  • Drive root cause analysis for test failures and lead corrective action implementation.
  • Interface with global manufacturing and test partners to ensure consistency and reliability of test processes.
  • Analyze large datasets to extract performance trends, identify outliers, and support product improvement initiatives.
  • Define and enforce test engineering best practices, documentation standards, and test infrastructure strategies.
  • Own continuous improvement initiatives to reduce test time, increase test coverage, and improve first-pass yield.
  • Ability to perform quick, efficient RF testing without automation when required for immediate results and assessment on path forward with design team.

Qualification

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of hands-on RF test experience, with 3+ years in a technical management or lead role.
  • Deep understanding of RF PA and MMIC device behavior, s-parameters, load-pull, gain compression, linearity, etc.
  • Expertise in using Keysight PNAX (PNA-X), RF instrumentation and other general lab test equipment.
  • Experience building and deploying automated test systems using OpenTAP and Python scripting.
  • Familiarity with test fixture design, impedance matching, de-embedding, and calibration techniques.
  • Strong understanding of RF lab practices, ESD protocols, and data analysis techniques (e.g., using Python, MATLAB, or JMP).
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to drive cross-functional collaboration.
  • Good understanding of RF and Microwave test equipment such as PNA-X, Vector Network Analyzers, Power Meters, Spectrum Analyzers, Noise Meters, including calibration methodologies, Cal-set manipulation and advanced measurements.
  • Strong communication verbal and written skills to work in a CFT environment.
  • Highly self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership to drive high level tasks to completion.
  • Work in a fast-paced environment with fluid priorities and an emphasis on urgency.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in high-volume manufacturing test support.
  • Knowledge of GaAs / GaN MMIC technologies and semiconductor packaging.
  • Familiarity with LabVIEW, VISA libraries, or other test automation environments.
  • Prior experience working with ATE platforms or custom RF test stations.
  • Experience with data management platforms, version control (e.g., Git), and test result dashboards.
  • Physical Demands

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Additional Requirements / Skills

  • Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.
  • Ability and willingness to abide by the Company's Code of Conduct.
  • Disclaimer : The listed qualifications and requirements for each position are intended as guidelines. Mini-Circuits reserves the right to hire outside of these guidelines at Management's discretion.

    Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria, pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.

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