Sr PCB Design Engineer

Qorvo (Nasdaq : QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges.

Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home / IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace / defense.

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Position Summary :

Mobile Test Engineering develops solutions to test Qorvo’s Mobile RF and Power Management semiconductor devices. Early samples, correlations, and production releases require our Test Engineers to have a socketed test fixture that closely matches the performance of the soldered down evaluation board in a timely manner.

The PCB Design Engineer is a new role for the purpose of supporting our test development group by evaluating current state of our PCB design techniques and processes, performing pre-tape out simulation and post-delivery characterization and data analysis to develop best practices that drive first pass success and meet days in design queue goals.

The PCB Design Engineer role will require :

PCB Design Engineering Skills :

• A solid understanding of the physics and electrical principles of PCB design, particularly for signal integrity concerns, impedance control / matching, multi-site interactions and EMI / EMC mitigation.
• Expert level understanding in Microstrip, Coplanar Waveguide, and strip transmission lines to determine the best fit for RF performance in each PCB design High speed Digital Transmission lines.

Power and Ground plane structures to help reduce noise in the system

• Skilled with Altium or other PCB design software. Knowledge of DRC capabilities of the tool and implement appropriate rules to ensure first pass success of PCB designs
• Skilled with ADS, ANSYS HFSS, RF Pro or other RF Simulation tools
• Hands on characterization of PCBs in the lab once they are delivered, and / or after they are assembled with SMD components and socket
• Understanding of PCB fabrication processes and ensure PCBs are designed observing the principals of Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
• Independently determine root cause and provide reliable solutions to issues with end use application
• Research PCB design trends and processes, and then implement those processes that improve our fixture performance.
• Schematic entry, PCB layout and development of standards that reduce cycle time and increase first pass success. These best practices will become the standard for the PCB layout technicians.
• Ownership of continuous improvement activities that improve PCB performance, Layout cycle time and first pass success
• Ability to evaluate specific layouts and make decisions to either re-work areas or move forward to tape out
• Identify and quantify PCB / socket contribution to offsets between EVB test data and Fixture test data
• Develop methods to simulate pre-PCB tape out to mitigate offsets once PCB is delivered and assembled.
• Minimum BSEE or equivalent with at least 5 years’ experience simulating RF PCB Performance

Test Engineering Skills :

Possess a solid understanding of RF, DC, and Digital measurements made during Production Test to validate datasheet specifications and device performance for several families of parts.

Several examples : Gain, Insertion Loss, EVM, Noise Figure, ACLR, ACP, Leakage Current, Isolation.

Detailed correlation analysis between data taken using socketed production test fixture and soldered down evaluation board

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