Senior Hardware Engineer- Radio Frequency Over Fiber

Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s R&D/Product Development Engineering Teams conceive original ideas for new products, introduce them into practice. They are responsible for product development, and qualification from market definition through production and release; assist in the qualification of suppliers for new products to ensure suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services for new or improved manufacturing processes; conduct feasibility studies, testing on new and modified designs; direct and support detailed design, testing, prototype fabrication and manufacturing ramp. The R&D/Product Development Engineering Teams provide all required product documentation including, but not limited to, Solid Model, 2D/3D production drawings, product specifications, and testing requirements. They create and modify detailed drawings and drafting or conceptual models from layouts, rough sketches or notes and contribute to design modifications to facilitate manufacturing operation or quality of product. Typical fields of expertise include: materials, mechanics and systems, electrical, optics, chemistry, software, automation systems, packaging, testing and measurement, and manufacturing of electrical, mechanical and electronic components, products, and their integration into systems.

Responsibilities:

Development of next generation opto-electronic products.

Activities may include:

• Electrical circuit & PCB design and optoelectronic component selection.
• Prototype development and evaluation
• Definition and/or Development of test systems for opto-electronic products
• Definition and coordination of test programs for purposes of design verification and product qualification
• Serve as liaison between Business Development, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing, contract design teams, customers, suppliers, and various other Engineering functions
• Generation of product drawings, application specifications, and instruction sheets
• Implementation of design changes to enhance product quality, improve manufacturability, and/or reduce manufacturing cost
• Review functional/performance specifications provided by customers and ensure that product requirements have been properly defined and documented prior to production.
• Perform/coordinate failure analysis work and determine corrective actions
• Initiation of Engineering Changes to improve designs, improve manufacturing, or respond to changes requested by the customer
• Achieve scope, schedule, and budget requirements
• Report out on project status as needed
• Meet all established project deadlines

Desired Candidate Profile

• BE/BTech with specialization in Electronics & Communications Engineering
• Min 3 years of experience in Electronics board design and development for optical fiber applications preferably for RF frequencies (RFoF designs)  
• Electronics hardware design for Opto-Electronics and RFoF technologies for ruggedized electronics in industrial, defense, and aerospace applications
• Experience with optical transceivers with associated electronics hardware design
•   Capable of High-Speed RF and/or Mixed Signal hardware Circuit Schematic and PCB layout Design and analysis
• Experience with Ethernet, Fiber Channel, Infiniband, and Rapid I/O standards
• Familiar with the SMPTE and DVI/HDMI video standards and protocols like I2C and SPI
• Experience with BERT testing and eye diagram analysis of opto-electronic devices and transceivers is a plus.
• Experience in embedded control hardware design for power electronics applications such power distribution units (PDU), motor drivers, smart power switching will be added advantage
• Experience with standard test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power meters, logic analyzers, signal/spectrum analyzers, etc.
• Experience with EMI/EMC requirements, qualification processes and electronics documentation
• Familiar with RF Microwave design and use of ADS, Sonnet and HFSS software will be an added advantage
• Familiar with software development and tools will be an added advantage
• Technical capabilities: Expert functional/domain knowledge
• Strong Technical Aptitude with Willingness to learn new Technologies quickly.

Competencies